Detail View: SHIMMER: Churchill Gardens Estate
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Title:
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Churchill Gardens Estate
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Creation Date:
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1962
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Image Date:
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1989
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Period:
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20th century
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Start Date:
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1947
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End Date:
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1962
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Location:
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London
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Country:
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ENGLAND, UK
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Display Creator:
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POWELL, Philip and Hidalgo MOYA
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Image ID:
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89-3232
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Description:
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Phase 1 (completed in 1950). Exterior detail: facade of Chaucer House. To the rear is the lower half of the accumulator tower, which used waste heat from Battersea Power Station to heat the estate. Location: Pimlico, Westminster. A four phase development built for Westminster Council between 1947 and 1962. The scheme comprises of 1,783 dwellings within 40 different blocks set in gardens near the River Thames.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Creator:
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POWELL, Philip
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1921
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Creator Dates - Died:
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2003
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Creator:
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MOYA, Hidalgo
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1920
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1994
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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British.
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Apartments -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Housing -- England -- London
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Subject Heading:
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Heating
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture and energy conservation
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Subject Heading:
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Recycling (Waste, etc.)
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