Finsbury Health Centre, entrance. An iconic 1930s modernist building, designed by Berthold Lubetkin; now that it is surrounded by trees and parking, it is not easy to get a good photograph of the building. A drawing of the health centre occurs on a Second World War-era political poster, "Now Win the Peace", arguing the need for extensive post-war change of the type that was eventually to lead to the foundation of the National Health Service.‹›
Finsbury Health Centre

Berthold Lubetkin

Exterior · London Borough of Islington, United Kingdom · 1938

Photo: [https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/48366 Christopher Hilton · 2009-09-11 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 1024×768

Finsbury Health Centre, entrance. An iconic 1930s modernist building, designed by Berthold Lubetkin; now that it is surrounded by trees and parking, it is not easy to get a good photograph of the building. A drawing of the health centre occurs on a Second World War-era political poster, "Now Win the Peace", arguing the need for extensive post-war change of the type that was eventually to lead to the foundation of the National Health Service.

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