Graham Reid

Graham’s work and research over the past year has centred on the Rose Lipman Building and the De Beauvoir estate in which it is situated. Focusing on the more idiosyncratic and outmoded aspects of the building, Graham organised a public discussion between the original architect of the estate Wilson Briscoe and architecture critique Owen Hatherley (images and an audio recording available here), which addressed the architectural design, its legacy and its relationship to other modern buildings in the local area.

This event forms part of a wider inquiry into how the Rose Lipman building fits into a continuum of modernist architectural design. As part of this, Graham created a series of coloured banners to adorn the outside of the building, thus “revealing the discreet functions within the internal spaces”, which were present during Open School East’s Open Studios in May 2014.