Kate Macintosh’s Gentle Brutalism
In 1960s London, the architect Kate Macintosh designed great modernist housing for the elderly, still beloved by its residents — but how long can it survive?
Agathe Dorra is a PhD researcher in political aesthetics at King’s College London
In 1960s London, the architect Kate Macintosh designed great modernist housing for the elderly, still beloved by its residents — but how long can it survive?
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