'Loss of a typology': campaigners call for listing of Swindon leisure centre
‘Loss of a typology’: campaigners call for listing of Swindon leisure centre 1/3 Swindon Oasis leisure centre Source: Historic England Source: Source: OURSTUDIO An architect of leisure centres is among campaigners calling for the domed Swindon Oasis leisure complex to be protected from redevelopment The complex was completed in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1975 by Gillinson Barnet & Partners and is described in the RIBA Guide to Modern Architecture as a ‘fantasy structure, its half-submerged dome resembling a flying saucer’. Advertisement But the leisure centre closed permanentl...
Source: architectsjournal.co.uk