New Suntrap Apartments (May, 1938)
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Source: Mechanics And Handicraft ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1938
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Source: Mechanics And Handicraft ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: May, 1938
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“Slums”
New Suntrap Apartments
Homes where everyone will get his share of sunlight, with roads and gardens elevated well above street level, are shown in model form at the Modern Architectural Research Group Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries, London, England. The occupants of these apartments will get their full measure of daylight regardless of the position of the sun in the skies.
Structures such as these are to be erected in “slum” areas.
Also known as the projects.
Comment by Repack Rider — October 31, 2008 @ 12:15 am
I’m still trying to figure out “Sunlight and London” being together.
Comment by Toronto — October 31, 2008 @ 4:20 pm
The buildings in the middle look like they’re about to crumble with the stilts…
Comment by docca — October 31, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
It reminds me of a prop in a Monty Python eposide.
Comment by Harry — November 1, 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Harry, I was just thinking it was the building in Monty Python that was held together with positive thinking.
Comment by Mike — November 2, 2008 @ 5:43 pm
Whas this ever actually built?
Comment by nlpnt — November 2, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
I appears to either be an obscure Le Corbusier Project or a rip off of one.
Comment by walt — November 4, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
And in just a couple of years time ground clearance began with the help of the Luftwaffe.
Comment by Adrian — December 18, 2008 @ 7:10 am