ABSTRACT
In the postwar years, Lubetkin concentrated on large housing schemes commissioned by the London County Council, his work and writings revealing his continued focus on research and his faith in architecture's social potential. Highpoint II's loosening up of the international style is indeed an acknowledgment of a moment that had passed, but it ushers in a new phase in which Lubetkin explicitly considers housing in relation to London. On the cusp of World War II, Lubetkin and Tecton had been commissioned by the London borough of Finsbury to design a comprehensive scheme that addressed housing as well as other needs such as healthcare, education, and community activities – architecture integrated with social reforms. In an interview in The Architectural Review in 1951, Lubetkin drew attention to his buildings as assemblages of parts. While Le Corbusier had placed an enormous weight on Lubetkin's work in Highgate, for Lubetkin himself, the focus on London progressed differently.
