inner–london schools 1918–44 a thematic study - English Heritage

Fig 28: Bavinck School, Hilversum (W.M. Dudok,1921-22). (Reproducedcourtesy of Roosje Hoogenhout; Copyright acknowledged).Fig 29: De Bohun School, L B Enfield(W.T. Curtis & H.W. Burchett, 1936).(© Elain Harwood).Fig 30: Turnham School, L B Lewisham(LCC AD, 1934-35). (L M A :SC /PHL /02/0254 -27; City of London, London MetropolitanArchives).Fig. 31: Cowley school, L B Lambeth (LCC AD, 1936). (L M A :SC /PHL /02/0238 -2; City of London, London Metropolitan Archives).of plans and elevations. 59 But this essentially superficial approach was also evident insmall, private practices such as that of J.E.K. Harrison, who at Battersea Grammar, L BLambeth of 1936 clothed a plan of Edwardian origin in the fashionable dress of horizontalmetal-framed windows and moderne detailing.With some notable exceptions, there were few points of convergence between newideas in health and education and the ‘new architecture’. The return to first principlespromised by the emerging International Style was taken up only by a handful ofprogressive independent schools. At Dartington Hall School, Devon, founded by Leonardand Dorothy Elmhirst in 1926, the Swiss-American architect W.E. Lescaze built theheadmaster’s house, a gymnasium, and three boarding houses/classroom blocks (1933-35;grade II*). Whittingehame College, Brighton of 1936 by Amnon Vivian Pilichowski (1907-1982) was a large welded, steel-framed complex, finished in white render. In 1938-40© ENGLISH H ER I TAG E 43 - 20 0939