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Where is Park Hill in Sheffield?
Where is Park Hill?
Where is Park Hill estate?
What happened to Park Hill in Sheffield?
Park Hill is one of the seven hills on which Sheffield is built. It is south of the River Don, and to the east of the River Sheaf. The estate is on steeply rising land the lower slopes, it is upwind of the former heavily polluting industrial areas of the Don Valley.
Park Hill is a Brutalist, concrete icon, and the largest listed building in Europe. Standing proudly at the top of hill overlooking Sheffield city centre Park Hill was a utopian vision, created in 1961 to create a new community for families.
Explore the wider neighbourhood. Park Hill adjoins Sheaf Valley Park and you can see remnants of the original cobbled streets that ran between the Victorian row houses that Park Hill ultimately replaced. Don’t miss the panoramic views of the city and beyond from the Steel Steps and Amphitheatre!
Park Hill is a council housing estate in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It was built between 1957 and 1962 and designed by the architects Ivor Smith and Jack Lynn. The estate was inspired by the Unité d'habitation, a housing building in Marseille, France designed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier and completed in 1952.
Jan 27, 2017 · From its hilltop vantage point in the east end of Sheffield, UK, the Park Hill Estate surveys the post-industrial city which sprawls westwards. Its prominent location makes the estate highly...
Sep 10, 2014 · To kick off a series on classic Brutalist buildings, we revisit Park Hill – the housing estate that brought "streets in the sky" to Sheffield after WW2.
Aug 24, 2018 · The story of Park Hill, the 995-unit housing estate built on the edge of Sheffield city centre between 1957–61, closely mirrors that of east London’s Robin Hood Gardens – up to a crucial, divergent point.
