Houses in Plumstead, London Highpoint, London Bevin Court, London

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Berthold Lubetkin was one of the most important figures of the Modern Movement. Born in Georgia in 1901, he studied in Berlin and Paris, before moving to London in 1931. The following year he founded the famous Tecton practice with the Architectural Association graduates Anthony Chitty, Lindsay Drake, Michael Dugdale, Valentine Harding, Godfrey Samuel and Francis Skinner. Lubetkin and Tecton’s buildings are among the most iconic of the period, and include the penguin pool at London Zoo, Finsbury Health Centre and Highpoint in Highgate. The latter is described by the architectural historian Alan Powers as ‘perhaps the single most celebrated Modernist building of the 1930s in London.’

The Modern House has now sold several properties by Lubetkin and currently has a two-bedroom flat in his Highgate development on the market. For more information, visit: Highpoint

Berthold Lubetkin is one of a number of entries recently added to our Directory of Architects and Designers