| Architect |
Wells Coates |
| Date
Built |
1934 |
| Location |
Lawn Road,
Hampstead |
| Description |
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| This Grade 1
Listed modernist building features 34 flats
spread over 4 floors. It has a
penthouse apartment that has its own roof
terrace. Originally the flats had
small kitchens but shared a large central
kitchen. Apparently in 1937 the
kitchen was converted into a restaurant/bar
called the "Isobar". Among the famous residents of the building were Walter Gropius (German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School), Agatha Christie, Marcel Breuer (architect and furniture designer) and Arnold Deutsch (the soviet spy who recruited Kim Philby). The building was sold to Camden Council in 1972 but over the years it deteriorated and was abandoned in the 1990s. It remained empty until it was restored in 2003 by Avanti Architects. |
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The
Isokon / Lawn Road Flats - Hampstead, Greater London,
UK
        An exhibition at the Victoria &
Albert Museum in 2017, tracing the history of plywood
and its many uses, featured the door below that was
made for the penthouse apartment at the Isokon Flats.
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