![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Lubetkin_Highpoint_II_December_2005.jpg/640px-Lubetkin_Highpoint_II_December_2005.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Tecton Group
Influential architectural collaboration of architects based in Britain (1932 - 1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tecton Group was a radical architectural group co-founded by Berthold Lubetkin, Francis Skinner, Denys Lasdun, Michael Dugdale, Anthony Chitty, Val Harding, Godfrey Samuel, and Lindsay Drake in 1932 and disbanded in 1939.[1][2] The group was one of the leaders in bringing continental modernism to Britain.
Quick Facts Practice information, Key architects ...
Tecton Group | |
---|---|
![]() The Highpoint II apartment building designed by the group | |
Practice information | |
Key architects | Berthold Lubetkin, Francis Skinner, Denys Lasdun, Godfrey Samuel, Lindsay Drake |
Founded | 1932 |
Dissolved | 1939 |
Significant works and honors | |
Buildings | Highpoint Towers, Finsbury Health Centre |
Close
Tecton is short for architecton, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων 'master builder, architect'.[3]