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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital
The pioneering female doctor set up this hospital for women in the nineteenth century against fierce opposition.
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Bevin Court
In this viewpoint, Bevin Court – originally to be called Lenin Court – offers a lens for understanding how architectural modernism went from a movement associated with communist architects from abroad to a symbol of the British welfare state.
Arnos Grove Underground Station
Charles Holden’s mini masterpiece, a marriage of Scandinavian modernism and British Arts and Crafts.