London Printed for Greater London Council at the Curwen Press no date c 1960

THAMESMEAD: Three fold out pamphlets on the project: 1. Thames Mead Structure: Master Plan. Folds out to reveal the plan of the site. Verso summarises proposals. 2. Thamesmead: Aerial view of a model of the proposed development. Verso is a location map in relation to central London 3. Thames Mead Movement: Folds out to reveal plan of proposed routeways around the site. Summary of proposals on verso. Each of the three pamphlets are in contrasting colours, Blue, Brown and Green. Have been folded. A good summary overview of this important London expansion proposal. Thamesmead is a social housing estate built in the mid 1960s in outer Lnondon. It is situated on former marshland on the south of the Thames that was once part of the Woolwich Arsenal. When it was developed, the Thamesmead design offered a revolutionary city within a city, providing much needed affordable homes with parks and amenities, all designed in keeping with the Brutalist aesthetic.