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Description: | The Chalcots Estate was build in the late 1960s by Camden Council on Adelaide Road, near Swiss Cottage. The design of large tower blocks was at the height of its popularity, based on the models of Modernist architects and urban planners. The Chalcots specifically follow the ideas of Swiss architect Le Corbusier, who designed a model of several high-rise buildings set in a parallel row, surrounded by motorways and green spaces. This model is called the 'Plan Voisin' or 'neighbour plan' and is highly controversial. Eton College historically owned the land where the Chalcots now stand and each of the tower blocks is named for a village near Eton: Dorney, Bray, Burnham, and Taplow. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Hampstead Museum | Rights holder: | Hampstead Museum | Subjects: | Public services Art and Design | Temporal: | 1967 | Source: | Burgh House and Hampstead Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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