Russian-born Berthold
Lubetkin (1901-1990) was one of the European émigrés who championed
modernism in mid-20th century Britain and whose built projects include the
Highpoint housing complex, London Zoo penguin pool and Finsbury Health Centre.
Lubetkin joined forces with a group of these young
architects including Skinner and Lasdun, with Godfrey Samuel and Lindsay Drake,
to form a group named Tecton. The
first Tecton commission was a Gorilla House at London Zoo in Regent’s Park.
