More recognition and protection should be given to the pioneering social housing schemes developed across London after the Second World War, according to the Twentieth Century Society.

The group is backing residents at Sivill House in Shoreditch and Highgate New Town in Camden, who are seeking to have their estates listed.

Grace Etherington, senior caseworker at the C20 Society, said: “The post-war years were an exciting time in architecture with important new ideas about living and space, making our society a richer and better place in which to live.

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