25 September, 2009
A senior opposition councillor has accused Tower Hamlets Council of ignoring maintenance problems at Robin Hood Gardens because it wants residents to move out so it can demolish the estate
Design competition
27 June, 2008
The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation’s ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels.
27 June, 2008
27 June, 2008
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26 June, 2008
11 April 2008
Multimedia
20 April, 2009
Watch two opposing videos on Robin Hood Gardens, one from English Heritage and one from architectural historian Dan Cruickshank.
7 July, 2008
A report on Channel Four news at the weekend, takes a look at the campaign to Save Robin Hood Gardens and asks whether the real answer is a fresh look at the problems of sink estates in general.
Campaign review
26 June, 2008
In an article in the Guardian on Thursday, RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit back at Simon Jenkins' condemnation of Robin Hood Gardens.
20 June, 2008
In a letter published in the Guardian on Friday, Richard Rogers has argued that the real mistake in Robin Hood Gardens was not the design, but allowing it to become a sink estate.
16 June, 2008
An editorial in the Guardian on Monday has given implicit support for the campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.
9 June, 2008
30 May, 2008
campaign news
25 September, 2009
A senior opposition councillor has accused Tower Hamlets Council of ignoring maintenance problems at Robin Hood Gardens because it wants residents to move out so it can demolish the estate
23 June, 2009
The Twentieth Century Society has pledged to keep up efforts to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition with the launch of a new exhibition at the RIBA.
19 March, 2009
BD’s campaign to rescue Robin Hood Gardens has been picked up by the New York Times, which has published an article urging a “spirited renovation” of the east London estate.
5 March, 2009
At a debate on Robin Hood Gardens at Ecobuild yesterday English Heritage was outnumbered four-to-one by those in favour of listing the estate.
5 February, 2009
Sunand Prasad has joined the Twentieth Century Society in a final bid to convince the government to list Robin Hood Gardens.
22 January, 2009
Read English Heritage's response to the case for the listing of Robin Hood Gardens, and let us know what you think.
11 July 2008
An appeal will be made against the government’s decision not to listthe 1970s Robin Hood Gardens, housing estate.
30 May 2008
Zaha Hadid has made an impassioned plea to the government to list Robin Hood Gardens, promising to write to prime minister Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah Brown as well as architecture minister Margaret Hodge before its fate is decided.
8 May, 2008
English Heritage commissioners have overruled the advice of the organisation’s own advisory committee over the future of Robin Hood Gardens and recommended it is not listed.
26 June, 2009
Council and Homes & Communities Agency committed to bulldozing estate as Twentieth Century Society pledges new fight
15 May, 2009
Robin Hood Gardens has been dealt a huge blow after culture secretary Andy Burnham turned down an appeal from the Twentieth Century Society to list the estate, instead giving it immunity from listing for five years.
9 March, 2009
Architectural historian and TV personality Dan Cruickshank has given the east London council and heritage body a drubbing over the Smithson’s estate.
06 March 2009
Architectural historian and TV personality Dan Cruickshank has given the east London council and heritage body a drubbing over the Smithson's estate
23 January 2009
EH stands firm in opposing listing despite 20th Century Society report
19 January, 2009
English Heritage has refused to alter its opposition to the proposed listing of Robin Hood Gardens.
1 September, 2008
The government will review its decision not to list Robin Hood Gardens in a major boost for BD’s campaign to save the east London housing estate.
1 July, 2008
Robin Hood Gardens estate will not be listed, the government announced on Tuesday.
23 May 2008
Margaret Hodge must reject advice from English Heritage and grant Robin Hood Gardens the grade II listing it deserves, MPs and former Labour heritage minister Alan Howarth have demanded.
Sign the petition
21 February, 2008
For the next two weeks, Building Design will be collecting signatures in favour of listing Robin Hood Gardens before presenting our petition to English Heritage by March 7th.
