An exhibition opening next week will examine the output of Lambeth Council’s architects’ department during a period of intensive housing construction between 1965 and 1980.

Building ‘Homes for Tomorrow’: Lambeth’s Council Housing, 1965 to 1980 draws on the collections of Lambeth Archive’s, as well as research interviews with architects, residents and campaigners, to assess the impact of borough architect Edward Hollamby and his team.

The exhibition, curated by Christiane Felber of the Bartlett School of Architecture. examines council housing designed and built in Lambeth during a period identified as the last major phase of large-scale public housing construction in the UK.

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