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Forgotten Estates: architectural debate

How did Britain’s post-war housing estates become a battleground of differing political and architectural ideologies? This debate, held at the Royal Academy on 26 September, explored the changing status of Britain’s post-war housing estates as increasing numbers are threatened with redevelopment. The discussion will consider the ideals that created them and the legacies they have today, as both places to live and as repositories of meaning and memory. A particular focus of the event will be Robin Hood Gardens (completed 1972) by Alison and Peter Smithson, an internationally important example of the ‘New Brutalism’, which after years of neglect is facing imminent demolition despite campaigns to protect it. Speakers include: Jessie Brennan – Artist; author of Regeneration! Conversations, Drawings, Archives & Photographs from Robin Hood Gardens (2015) Mark Crinson – Professor of Architectural History, Birkbeck, University of London Owen Hopkins – Architecture Programme Curator, Royal Academy (chair) Kate Macintosh – Architect, formerly of the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, and East Sussex and Hampshire County Councils; designer of Dawson’s Heights, East Dulwich (1964–72) Dr Paul Watt – Reader in Urban Studies, Birkbeck, University of London Slideshow available at http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/file/695