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Buy Museum Art Reproductions Park Hill Estate: the climbing frames, 1963 by Samuel Lambert (Inspired By) (1927-1981, United Kingdom) | ArtsDot.com

Park Hill Estate: the climbing frames



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Park Hill in Sheffield was designed by a group of architecture graduates from Durham University, in northeast England, including Alison and Peter Smithson, Jack Lynn and Gordon Ryder. The first residents moved in at the start of 1961, and by June that year the Sheffield Telegraph had declared it “a paradise for children�. Built between 1957 and 1961, this mixed high-density and controversial housing development was planned and designed by Sheffield Corporation City Architect\
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Samuel Lambert

Samuel Lambert, also known as Sam Lambert, was a British photographer born in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 1927 and died in 1981. He was known for his work in architectural photography, particularly in the 1960s. He worked with the Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department and John Lewis Womersley (1910-1990) on the Park Hill Estate project, where he captured images of the building's construction and its surrounding areas. He also worked with other architects and designers, including the Smithsons, on various projects in the UK and abroad.

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