Phin Harper: How a Breakup Helped Me Find Home

The Modern House Podcast by Matt Gibberd

Jul 16, 202674:34Arts

Architecture critic and writer Phineas Harper believes that good design and heritage belong to all of us. Phin lives on Vanbrugh Park, a post-war council estate in Greenwich designed by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, the ar...

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