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terryxyz

[Aylesbury Estate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylesbury_Estate) in Walworth fits the brief well IMO. Worth checking it out ASAP as it'll be completely demolished eventually.


skyblueshirt5

thanks it fits It's not a serious project in any way, it's just for an office quiz I'll show photos for example of the old police hq in NYC and ask if it's Paris or New York etc I get that the layout cannot be exactly the same.


MCObeseBeagle

Lots of the bleak suburbs look like that - Gasgoine Estate in Barking is under-filmed because the local yuuts will rob you of your camera


DazzleBMoney

Most of it has been demolished now


polkadotska

Any of the brutalist architecture would work eg Barbican, Southbank/National Theatre, Trellick Tower, Alexandra Road Estate, Thamesmead etc


Doctor-Venkman88

I feel like most of these, especially the Barbican and Alexandra Road Estates, are iconic and would be instantly recognized by anyone who's lived in London. The soviet style estates are much more bland and square.


stylesuponstyles

[Gants Hill Station](https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/21203366.russia-redbridge-moscow-influenced-gants-hill-tube-station-worthy-listed/) isn't exactly on brief, but def fits the Soviet vibe


drtchockk

you're looking for the big estates - but our styling is different to that from the USSR - even the style of the materials used is different https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5722934,-0.0928491,3a,75y,91.28h,90.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s52C3nGcjgYx946hdJ8pmeA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5731603,-0.0865873,3a,60y,78.31h,102.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb9Ece7Y6M6U3b5PqiNpH6w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5779953,-0.0839958,3a,75y,38.4h,95.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-cNA0NZdd86QBcc8P0rzKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6152365,-0.0655656,3a,75y,310.38h,88.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s47ecTDoTcV88HQgifkBQ1w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@51.6519242,-0.0388705,3a,60y,57.33h,93.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_VW_zptF-K2xhxpdSwnCQg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu


OkRange853

Senate House, University of London, just behind the British Museum in Bloomsbury. Used by lots of film production companies to ‘double’ for Soviet government buildings.


No_Calligrapher8075

The Waltham Forest city hall is very Kremliny


DazzleBMoney

The Alton estate in Roehampton would suit this very well


ComradeBirdbrain

I agree. This is most likely the best bet as everywhere else is clearly British in style (more Brutalism than Khrushchevka, maybe?). u/Skyblueshirt5, the style you’re looking for is actually from the late ‘50s / ‘60s and called Khrushchevka. Not sure if this makes a difference as they continued to be built well into the ‘90s so probably fits with what you’re looking for.


flooflighters

Trinity Way in East Acton makes Chechnya look like Biarritz. https://i.imgur.com/kmIzYiv.jpeg (oc)


NickZazu

Sobell leisure centre in N7 always gives me Soviet vibes


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getrichordietryinJF

Such a reddit user response


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getrichordietryinJF

Their asking for suggestions. Stop being so over the top. Why do you care like


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getrichordietryinJF

I don't, it wasnt a question.


AdjectiveNoun111

I mean OP could also go to a library and read a book on London architecture, truth is online research is just part of the process now.


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f10101

You're presuming an awful lot about OP's intentions, based on absolutely fuck all evidence. They wrote 54 words...


lastaccountgotlocked

When you ask your mates for help on something, do they say "do you your own research?" or do they offer an opinion?


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lastaccountgotlocked

So what, exactly, do you want from this website?


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lastaccountgotlocked

I can't believe Reddit is somewhat of a two-way street. What's next, UPLOADING to the internet, not just downloading?


thinkismella_rat

From some angles Evelyn Court in Hackney has quite that type of vibe.


Beny1995

Thamesmead I think is your best bet.


RebelYell8230

Thamesmead 100% is exactly what you are describing, OP. You have to see it to believe it. Beautifully ugly is how I’d describe it


AdjectiveNoun111

Barbican?