From 1970-76 Derek Walker Was The First And Only Chief Architect And Planner Of The New City Of Milton Keynes. He Recruited An Exceptionally Talented Team Unique In The History Of The New Towns Movement, And Over Seven Years Produced A Landscaping Strategy For The New City, Eleven Village Plans, The Structure For The Programme For Producing 3000 Houses Per Year With Supporting Community, Leisure, Retail And Sporting And Cultural Facilities. Amongst Many Buildings Of Real Unique Quality Possibly The Most Celebrated Was The Central Area Shopping Building. A Unique Concept At The Time 1,000,000 Sq Ft (93,000 M2) With A Plan Generated Around Covered Landscaped Streets.
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| Image File: | DGIL-019-0002 |
| Caption: | Shopping Centre, United Kingdom. Architect: DEREK WALKER. Shopping Centre, Derek Walker Architects, Milton Keynes, UK, 1979, Glazing detail with shoppers. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | No |
| Dimensions in PX: | 4033 x 4161 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 01/07/2011 |
| Restriction: | Rights-Managed |
| Credit: | Dennis Gilbert/VIEW |
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| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Shopping Centre |
| Headline: | Shopping Centre, United Kingdom. Architect: DEREK WALKER. |
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| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Architect: | DEREK WALKER |
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| Category: | Retail |
| Building Type: | Shopping Mall |
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| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | From 1970-76 Derek Walker Was The First And Only Chief Architect And Planner Of The New City Of Milton Keynes. He Recruited An Exceptionally Talented Team Unique In The History Of The New Towns Movement, And Over Seven Years Produced A Landscaping Strategy For The New City, Eleven Village Plans, The Structure For The Programme For Producing 3000 Houses Per Year With Supporting Community, Leisure, Retail And Sporting And Cultural Facilities. Amongst Many Buildings Of Real Unique Quality Possibly The Most Celebrated Was The Central Area Shopping Building. A Unique Concept At The Time 1,000,000 Sq Ft (93,000 M2) With A Plan Generated Around Covered Landscaped Streets. |
| Keywords: | Grade 11 Listed; Shopping Centre; Derek Walker Architects; Milton Keynes; Uk; Centre Mk; People; Modernist; Architecture; Glass; Layered; Grid; Copy Space; Exterior |
| Orientation: | S |
| Type: | Shopping Mall |
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| Photographer: | Dennis Gilbert |
| Source File Name: | DGIL-019-0002.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |