From the NS archive: Extreme environment
From the NS archive: Extreme environment 12 February 1965: Rooms floored with water are difficult to deal with at the best of times. By Reyner Banham In this piece from 1965, the architectural critic Reyner Banham considered the newly opened Hampstead Baths – at Swiss Cottage, north London – and the practical problems concerning the design of modern swimming pools. The baths, designed by Sir Basil Spence, Bonnington and Collins, were constructed between 1959 and 1964 and stood until 2002. Barnham noted that designing a structure that is to be filled with water heated above room temperat...
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