Lived Brutalism: portraits from Robin Hood Gardens housing estate – in pictures

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THE GUARDIAN

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/oct/22/lived-brutalism-portraits-from-robin-hood-gardens-housing-estate-in-pictures

Since its completion in 1972, Robin Hood Gardens estate in east London has garnered much attention, due to its monumental brutalist form and, latterly, its dilapidated condition. Dismayed by the absence of the residents’ views in any coverage of the estate – which is due to be demolished after English Heritage declared that it “fails as a place for humans to live” – London-based photographer Kois Miah and sociologist Nick Thoburn embarked on a project to capture the views of its last inhabitants. “I know the estate generated a lot of negativity,” Miah says, “but it was nothing like its reputation. Of course, it had its problems, but people loved their time there.”

Period22 Oct 2016

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  • TitleLived Brutalism: portraits from Robin Hood Gardens housing estate – in pictures
    Date22/10/16
    PersonsNicholas Thoburn

Keywords

  • photography
  • sociology
  • brutalism
  • architecture
  • Robin Hood Gardens