Facade of Robin Hood Gardens, a three-storey architectural fragment from a social-housing block of flats in Poplar, London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1970-72, acquired by the V&A when the blocks were demolished in 2017-18. Victoria and Albert Museum item CD.26-2018‹›
Robin Hood Gardens

Alison and Peter Smithson

Model · London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom · 1972

Drawing: 14GTR · 2025-06-06 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3456×5184

Facade of Robin Hood Gardens, a three-storey architectural fragment from a social-housing block of flats in Poplar, London designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1970-72, acquired by the V&A when the blocks were demolished in 2017-18. Victoria and Albert Museum item CD.26-2018

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