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Swiss Cottage Swimming Baths, Hampstead, London: detail of the sun terrace above the ornamental pool with sculptural reliefs by William Mitchell

RIBA Ref No RIBA76405
Architect/DesignerMitchell, William George(1925-)
Sir Basil Spence Bonnington & Collins
Artist/PhotographerSnoek, Henk (1915-1980)
CountryUK: England
CityLondon
Subject Date1964
Image Date1964
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceBM/REC/50/E (S64 4777)
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditHenk Snoek / RIBA Collections
SubjectCivic centres ; Water features ; Sculpture ; Pools, Baths and Lidos: Open-air Pools and Lidos ; Concrete ; Swimming pools
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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