Extension to Mayfield School, Putney, London: entrance to the gymnasium
Architect/Designer | Powell & Moya |
Artist/Photographer | Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1956 |
Image Date | 1956 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP529/45 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Timber framing ; Schools ; Concrete ; Brickwork ; Gymnasia |
NOTES: The extension to the existing Mayfield girls' school, designed by Powell & Moya for the London County Council, provided 1,620 new places and converted the school into a girls' comprehensive. The existing site on the north side of West Hill was increased by nine acres by taking in adjacent bomb-damaged properties. Since the new buildings were designed during a steel shortage, the three-storey buildings with brick structural walls were deemed to save steel and provide an economical solution.
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