The Council House culture & society Painting was in fact embedded

Painting was in fact embedded in an extended network of artistic production

describes contemporary developments in architecture

Photographer Luke Stephenson has risen to the task and created a photobook which puts this botanical icon front and centre

in which we see the author’s father teaching tennis

The Council House culture & society Painting was in fact embeddedFrom Brutalist blocks to Modernist towers, this book is a visual celebration of 68 of Londons most iconic council estates, reminding us of the pride, thought and innovation that went into designing these socially vital buildings. Jack Youngs photographs capture perfectly the variety, ambition and excitement of places and communities too often dismissed, undermined and underfunded.