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Swiss Cottage Central Library, Hampstead, London: the spiral stairs linking the reference and lending libraries

RIBA Ref No RIBA76084
Architect/DesignerSir Basil Spence Bonnington & Collins
Artist/PhotographerSnoek, Henk (1915-1980)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1964
Image Date1964
ViewInterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceBM/PLA/39/G (S64 4338)
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditHenk Snoek / RIBA Collections
SubjectCivic centres ; Libraries ; Spiral stairs
NOTES: The Swiss Cottage Swimming Baths and Central Library were the only completed buildings of a scheme for a civic centre in Hampstead. These baths and Coventry Central Baths, designed by Coventry City Architects Department in 1966, were the only complexes of the period to be built with three pools.
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