In this talk, Dr Charlotte de Mille looks at species-specific Modernist architecture designed to enable living in harmony with nature.
She traces the history and context the most eccentric iteration of this practice, Lubetkin's Grade 1 listed Penguin Pool at London Zoo (1934).
Find out more about this intriguing subject here http://artsterritory.org/online-space/constructing-new-territories-polish-uk-utopias
Dr Charlotte de Mille
Paul Mellon Mid-Career Fellow, Paul Mellon Research Continuity Fellowship
The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R ORN