Berthold Lubetkin was one of the architects like Erno Goldfinger who brought the ideas and idealism of Continental Modern architecture to Britain in the 1930s. (Reviews).Berthold Lubetkin Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin (December 14 1901 — October 23 1990) was a Russian emigré architect who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. Early Years was one of the architects like Erno Goldfinger who brought the ideas and idealism of Continental Modern architecture to Britain in the 1930s. He arrived slightly before the influx of refugees from the Nazi regime, stayed all his life and had more immediate influence than people like Gropius or Mendelsohn, whose visits were comparatively transient. This is his beautifully restored Penguin Pool at London Zoo ZSL London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. , designed in 1934 with the great Danish engineer Ove Arup Sir Ove Nyquist Arup CBE, MICE, MIStructE, (born at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1895 and died in 1988) was a leading Anglo-Danish engineer, the founder of the internationally important firm of Arup and generally considered the foremost engineer of his time. , a jeu d'esprit Jeu´ d'es`prit´ 1. A witticism. Noun 1. jeu d'esprit - a witty comment or writing humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke , from Berthold Lubetkin by John Allan, Merrell, London, 2002, [pounds sterling]29.95. Allan firmly sets Lubetkin in his time and place with analyses of his work and influence and a perceptive commentary. Fine new photographs by Morley von Sternberg of the major existing works make some of the canonical buildings look as if they were finished yesterday. |
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