Tecton Group

Tecton Group
The Highpoint II apartment building designed by the group
Practice information
Key architectsBerthold Lubetkin, Francis Skinner, Denys Lasdun, Godfrey Samuel, Lindsay Drake
Founded1932
Dissolved1939
Significant works and honors
BuildingsHighpoint Towers, Finsbury Health Centre

The Tecton Group was a radical architectural group co-founded by Berthold Lubetkin, Francis Skinner, Denys Lasdun, Michael Dugdale, Anthony Chitty, Val Harding, Godfrey Samuel, and Lindsay Drake in 1932 and disbanded in 1939.[1][2] The group was one of the leaders in bringing continental modernism to Britain.

Tecton is short for architecton, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων 'master builder, architect'.[3]

  1. ^ Searing, Helen (2004). "Lasdun, (Sir) Denys 1914-2001". In Sennott, R. Stephen (ed.). Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture. Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis. p. 754. ISBN 1579582435.
  2. ^ Wilson, Andrew (2020). "The Tecton Group and Architects' Group: Residues of Collective Practice". In Wyatt, Victoria Jackson; Leach, Andrew; Stickells, Lee (eds.). Proceedings of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (PDF). Vol. 36. Sydney: SAHANZ. pp. 430–440.
  3. ^ Tom Wilkinson, Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made, 2014, ISBN 1620406314, p. 283; incorrectly translated as 'architecture'