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Housing, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

RIBA Ref No RIBA43372
Architect/DesignerErskine, Ralph (1914-2005)
Artist/PhotographerDonat, John (1933-2004)
CountryUK: England
CityMilton Keynes
Subject Date1975
Image Date1975
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
Medium35mm Transparency
Library ReferenceD122 (Donat Drawer 4 Box 30)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoColour
CreditJohn Donat / RIBA Collections
SubjectBrickwork ; New towns ; Houses ; Children's playgrounds ; Housing
NOTES: Milton Keynes, which incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford along with another fifteen villages and farmland in between, was designated a new town in 1967 and planning control was thus taken from elected local authorities and delegated to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC).
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