RATCLIFFE POWER STATION Ratcliffe Power Station, Nottinghamshire, by Building...

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TitleRatcliffe Power Station

Creator nameBuilding Design Partnership

Creator name (description)landscape architect Gordon Patterson

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1968

Object typeArchitecture

LocationNottinghamshire, United Kingdom

SubjectsArchitecture--England--History--20th centuryPower-plants--England--20th centuryModern movement (Architecture)--20th centuryBrutalism (Architecture)

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8. Energy, Agriculture and Industry

Elain Harwood

Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture, 1945–1975

Britain sacrificed its economy to win the Second World War. The balance of payments moved so far into deficit that borrowing reached £10,000 million, of which half was met by disinvestment in overseas securities and much of the remainder by interest-free loans (Lend-Lease) from the United States. The new Labour Government in July 1945 looked to America, hoping for a transitional period in...

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Elain Harwood

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.335-371

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-32131&redirecttoanchor=111046

Chapter subject tags:Architecture--England--History--20th centuryModern movement (Architecture)--20th centuryModernism (Aesthetics)Power-plants--England--20th centuryPumping stations--England--20th centuryWarehouses--England--20th centuryBrutalism (Architecture)

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