The ABA Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EL

March 25, 19:00 – 20:30

At this event, Sally Rendel, co-author of a 2008 monograph on Connell Ward & Lucas, will be speaking about the work of this influential architecture practice.

Amyas Connell’s debut building at Amersham, ‘High and Over’, built in 1929, is widely acknowledged as the first modern house in the English countryside. Basil Ward teamed up with Connell in the 1930s, and they completed a succession of houses using modern construction techniques. They were joined by Colin Lucas, whose bungalow at Bourne End was heralded as the first monolithic reinforced concrete house. The trio worked together until the end of the decade, creating some seminal private houses, flats and a film studio.