“An exemplar of Lubetkin's visionary approach to modern living”
Perched on the first floor of Berthold Lubetkin's Grade I-listed Highpoint, this well-maintained two-bedroom apartment retains the character of its original pioneering design. The building was built in the 1930s and is held as one of the city's best-preserved examples of modernist domestic architecture. Designed with community and well-being in mind, the building has pristine communal gardens that include tennis courts and a heated outdoor swimming pool. North Hill is positioned for the best of Highgate, with Hampstead Heath easily reached on foot.
History
Berthold Lubetkin is among the most important figures of modernism in Britain. Born in Georgia in 1901, he studied in Berlin and Paris, before moving to London in 1931. The following year he founded the famous Tecton practice with Architectural Association graduates Anthony Chitty, Denys Lasdun, Lindsay Drake, Michael Dugdale, Valentine Harding, Godfrey Samuel and Francis Skinner.
The Highpoint apartments, so-called because of their location on an elevated site, are one of the best examples of early International Style architecture in London. They were built in two phases: Highpoint I in 1935, and Highpoint II in 1938.
In his book Modern: The Modern Movement in Britain, Alan Powers writes:
Interested? Let's talk.
