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Becontree Centenary Exhibitions, RIBA Galleries, London
15 September 2021
RIBA announces programme for the Becontree Centenary Exhibitions in the RIBA Galleries:
30 September 2021 ? 5 February 2022
Lived in Architecture ? Becontree Estate at 100
An artist commission with Verity-Jane Keefe, part of the Becontree Centenary programme
The Architecture Gallery, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1, FREE ADMISSION
The Tree of a Man named Beohha – Becontree now by Kalpesh Lathigra
Photography exhibition
First Floor Gallery, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1. FREE ADMISSION
Regent?s Park Installation ‘Bringing Home to the Unknown’ by POoR Collective with Year-10 students from Mayesbrook Park School, Becontree
Regent?s Park, opens 30 September
Becontree housing estate, Dagenham, East London, England, UK – taken in 1970:

photo © Tony-Ray Jones – RIBA Collections
Becontree Estate London Commissions
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is marking the centenary of the ground-breaking Becontree Estate in East London with an ambitious series of art and architecture commissions, accompanied by events and a learning programme.
Once described as the largest council estate in the world, the Becontree Estate in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham remains the largest council estate in the UK, home to over 75,000 residents. Built 100 years ago ...