• Peter Tábori obituary

    Peter Tábori obituary
    Architect whose low-rise, high-density social housing offered a popular alternative to tower blocksNot all social housing in the 1960s was about tower blocks. High-rise buildings were unpopular with tenants, lifts were costly and broke down, and the surrounding lawns were hard to maintain. Moreover, on the slopes around Hampstead Heath in London, towers would have blocked views towards St Paul’s Cathedral. This area became part of the newly created borough of Camden in 1965 and a visionary

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