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Public Toilet, Gravesend

  1. David Littlefield

Article first published online: 6 MAR 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ad.652

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Architectural Design

Architectural Design

Special Issue: Versatility and Vicissitude

Volume 78, Issue 2, pages 118–121, March/April 2008

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Littlefield, D. (2008), Public Toilet, Gravesend. Archit Design, 78: 118–121. doi: 10.1002/ad.652

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAR 2008
  2. Article first published online: 6 MAR 2008

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Keywords:

  • John Davies;
  • Plastik Architects;
  • Penoyre & Prasad;
  • Richard Owers;
  • angles and asymmetry;
  • floating canopy;
  • primary colours;
  • inverted pyramid of a roof;
  • ‘brittle glazed strip’

Abstract

David Littlefield describes how a small-scale urban project for the Thames Estuary town of Gravesend provided Plastik Architects with one of their first major commissions; and the town with a truly iconic public convenience. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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