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Highpoint I was the first of two apartment blocks erected in the 1930s on one of the highest points in London, England at Highgate. The architectural design was by the Russian-born architect Berthold Lubetkin, the structural design by the Danish engineer Ove Arup and the construction by Kier. Highpoint I was built in 1935 for the entrepreneur Sigmund Gestetner, but was never used for its intended purpose of housing Gestetner company staff. One of the best examples of early International style architecture in London, this block of 64 flats was very innovative in its day. When the building was completed, it became widely renowned as the finest example of this form of construction for residential purposes. When Corbusier himself visited Highpoint in 1935 he said, "This beautiful building .... at Highgate is an achievement of the first rank." And the American critic Henry Russell Hitchcock called it, "One of the finest, if not absolutely the finest, middle-class housing projects in the world."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Highpoint One: The High-Rise arrives in London )〕 In 1970 this reputation gained official recognition when both Highpoint blocks were classified Grade I within the historic buildings listing programme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buildings of Historic or Architectural Interest )〕 The second Lubetkin building in the same style, Highpoint II, was completed on an adjoining site in 1938. This is also a Grade I Listed Building. The gardens at Highpoint contain a swimming pool and two tennis courts. Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank selected Highpoint as one of his eight choices for the 2002 BBC book ''The Story of Britain's Best Buildings''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Highpoint I」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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