Stephen Bayley

Clean lines and dirty habits: the Modernists of 1930s Hampstead

The Isokon building, where distinguished Bauhaus emigrés took up residence, soon became a byword for suspect liaisons of all kinds

The Isokon building in Hampstead, designed by Wells Coates, had fallen into dreadful disrepair before it was rescued in 2003 
issue 25 April 2020
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