Pullman Court in Streatham, south London, was completed in 1936 and was designed by Frederick Gibberd when he was just 23 years old. The design addressed the city’s housing shortage while working with increasingly available modern materials and an innovative design. The project was particularly notable for allowing a modernist architect freedom of design on such a large scheme.

White-walled and concrete-framed, the building contains 218 one- to four-bedroom apartments in total, spread across three blocks and set amongst landscaped gardens. Each apartment was equipped with bespoke furniture and lighting, a pioneering move by Gibberd to create a strong discourse between the building’s exterior and the interior environment. In 1995 the external fabric was refurbished and the development was upgraded from a Grade II to Grade II* listing.