Great Arthur House

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This book documents a moment of the Golden Lane Estate in London. The story begins in an apartment on the 13th floor of Great Arthur House. The raw and ephemeral beauty of this small apartment, found in a stripped down in-between owners stage of renovation, is amplified by its bare design structure; this is an acute elaboration of resources that while enhancing qualities such as openness, accessibility and the expansive diffusion of natural light at building and unit level, it becomes also an instance of the architecture itself and 50 years of use carrying the entire estate