ESTATE ANATOMIES
a survey of rhythms and layers
Experimental mapping for multiple scales and temporalities
Swiss Cottage // Camden // London
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Please contact opencity@warwick.ac.uk if you’d like more information about catalogue references and specific documents consulted.
Image sources
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29. Open City. 2022. High winds warning photo.
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33. McKinsey Foundations. 1966. Foundation piles for Chalcots Towers. Photo held at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre.
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51. Open City. 2021. Alexandra Road photo.
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53. Neave Brown, Axonometric drawing of typical two-bedroom duplex apartment. Drawing held at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre.
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55. Open City. 2021. Rowley Way photo.
56. Open City. 2021. Garages photo.
57. Elliott, H. 1977. Down Lego Lane. Newspaper clipping held at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre.
58. Salazar, D. 2023. Alexandra Road wall to railway photo.
59. Open City. 2021. Alexandra Road service road photo.
60. Open City. 2021. Bin room photo.
61. Open City. 2021. Bin room photo.