The Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Regent's Park is a penguin enclosure designed in the International Modernist style by Berthold Lubetkin and the Tecton Group. Constructed in 1934, Historic England describe it as "a key symbol of British Modern Movement architecture".
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I came to the London Zoo primarily to see the iconic historic Penguin Pool, designed by Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990) and Tecton with Ove Arup (1895-1988) as structural engineer, the latter most famous for his work on the Sydney Opera House. The Penguin Pool itself, constructed between 1934 and 1935, has the delicacy of a Brancusi sculpture. It is no longer used as an actual pool for penguins, as it didn't really work for them (too much concrete, pool too shallow), which is the ultimate irony that the pool has in common with some other avantgarde architecture. Nevertheless it is a sight the behold, marking the optimism that came with modern architecture respectively the "international style" in the...
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No longer used. The Penguin Pool is one of the historic buildings of the zoo. The zoo's penguins have a more enriching environment...
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An old Penguin enclosure at London Zoo, now a listed structure. An interesting piece of architectural and...
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