Hillingdon Civic Centre
| Hillingdon Civic Centre | |
|
Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 View of part of the Civic Centre | |
| Type: | Town hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ05778388 |
| Location: | 51°32’38"N, 0°28’34"W |
| Town: | Uxbridge |
| History | |
| Built 1979 | |
| By: | Andrew Derbyshire |
| Town hall | |
| Neo-vernacular style | |
| Information | |
Hillingdon Civic Centre is a 1970s, modern civic centre standing in Uxbridge in Middlesex and serving as the headquarters of Hillingdon Council. It was designed for the council by Andrew Derbyshire and is one of the most famous buildings in the British neo-vernacular style.[1][2][3][4] The building was planned from 1970, built by Higgs and Hill[5] from 1973 onwards and opened in stages after 1976 with a formal opening in April 1979.[6]
Derbyshire's design made extensive use of brick and tile, to pay homage to traditional homely brick architecture of nearby buildings and suburban developments that were "indigenous to the borough".[7][8]
The civic centre is a Grade II Listed Building.[9]
References
- ↑ Charles Jencks (2002). The New Paradigm in Architecture: The Language of Post-modernism. Yale University Press. pp. 68–9. ISBN 978-0-300-09513-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=20bkru0gzCMC&pg=PA68.
- ↑ Dennis J. De Witt; Elizabeth R. De Witt (1987). Modern Architecture in Europe: A Guide to Buildings Since the Industrial Revolution. Penguin Group USA. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-525-24415-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=_stPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA189.
- ↑ Thom Gorst (2 September 2003). The Buildings Around Us. Taylor & Francis. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-135-82328-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yjr87WkiqFAC&pg=PA132.
- ↑ Raphael Samuel (11 September 2012). Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture. Verso Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84467-935-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=ptjYXlhmyP0C&pg=PA127.
- ↑ 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 111
- ↑ "About the Civic Centre". London Borough of Hillingdon. https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/9268/About-the-Civic-Centre. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ Andrew Rosen (2003). The Transformation of British Life 1950-2000: A Social History. Manchester University Press. pp. 136–8. ISBN 978-0-7190-6612-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=grRgpCRhvwgC&pg=PA136.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: London 3: North-West, 1991 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09652-1pages 359–360
- ↑ National Heritage List 1451218: Hillingdon Civic Centre (Grade II listing)