A Very British 'Bauhaus'

This is the great and influential 'before it's time' Isokon Building opened 9 July 1934. Also called the Lawn Road Flats, it's on Upper Park Road, Belsize Park, Hampstead, London.

The flats and particularly the bar became famous as a centre for intellectual life in North London, famous residents included Agatha Christie, and regulars at the Isobar included Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson.