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From: The Architects' Journal
Date: 20061012
Author:Dorrell, Ed

Two significant buildings from the body of work produced by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon (CPB) in the 1950s and '60s are under threat of demolition.

Milton Court, a 1966 adjunct to the practice's vast Barbican Estate in the City of London, and the Geoffrey Chaucer School in Elephant and Castle, built in 1958, are both expecting visits from the demolition contractors.

CPB - most famous for its work at the Barbican Estate - is considered to be one of the most significant private offices to have emerged in post-war Britain, and was responsible for many of the more memorable Modern buildings of ...

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