Hillfield (House A), Whipsnade Zoo Estate, Whipsnade: view from the rear bank across the roof to the plains beyond
Architect/Designer | Lubetkin & Tecton |
Artist/Photographer | Dell & Wainwright |
Country | UK: England |
City | Whipsnade |
Subject Date | 1936 |
Image Date | 1936 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Negative |
Library Reference | DWN5971 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Architects' houses |
NOTES: Designed as a 'dacha' or country retreat for Lubetkin and his family, the house was exempt from the usual planning regulations as it was located on the Whipsnade Zoo Estate. This allowed Lubetkin to compose a highly personal design intended to stand as a counter-statement to the theories of Frank Lloyd Wright about architecture and landscape. The house did not give the appearance of having grown naturally from the landscape. Indeed substantial excavation work was undertaken to make possible a flat lawn and a flat house. Like House B, although it still stands, House A has been substantially modified by succesive owners.
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