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Lakeview Estate
Old Ford Road, London E3
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Architect: Berthold Lubetkin
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“An early design by Berthold Lubetkin, with a striking chequered façade and views over Victoria Park”
This wonderful two-bedroom apartment in the Lakeview Estate is a stone’s throw from the green expanses of Victoria Park and the Hereford Union Canal. Beautifully bright and recently renovated, the living areas and bedrooms run across the front of the building, so have fantastic views across the park beyond. Designed in 1958 by the pioneering modernist Berthold Lubetkin, the diagonal formation of the estate was initially designed to create a gateway opening towards the park. The estate is much admired for its architectonic façade, featuring a maroon-tiled motif typical of Lubetkin's designs.
History
Designed by Skinner, Bailey & Lubetkin in 1958, the Lakeview Estate occupies a thin strip of bomb-cleared land at the edge of Victoria Park between Grove Road and Old Ford Road. The estate was initially commissioned by Bethnal Green Council and is one of three community housing projects the company designed in east London; the other projects are the nearby Crantock Estate and the Dorset Estate.
Accommodation is organised into two overlapping 11-storey blocks and four small bedsitter blocks arranged diagonally between communal gardens. This diagonal formation was initially designed to create a gateway opening towards Victoria Park. Its unique architectonic façade, featuring a maroon-tiled motif, is widely celebrated. The transverse layout of the estate allows residents to enjoy the western sun, which illuminates the northern façade.
The building echoes Lubetkin’s connection with the mainstream modernist movement with its raised block, the mix of building heights and the expansive landscapes that can be admired from the upper floors.
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