Béton House, Rhodes Street, Park Hill, Sheffield S2

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Illustration by Andrew Cadey

A housing estate that brought "streets in the sky" to Sheffield, designed by Ivor Smith and Jack Lynn Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department and built between 1957 and 1961, Park Hill was one of the most ambitious inner-city housing projects of its era housing over 3,000 people in 985 flats.

The collapse of the steel industry – Sheffield's biggest income provider and employer – in the 1980s brought the radical ideals of Park Hill to an end. As money ran out, pubs were boarded up and the labyrinth of passages and decks became the perfect place for antisocial behaviour, vandalism and crime.

Threatened with demolition, the fortunes of the complex changed in 1998 when Park Hill was granted a Grade II* listing by English Heritage, making it the largest listed building in Europe. Property developer Urban Splash took over the buildings and commissioned various architects to renovate its dilapidated interiors. Shown here is the final stage of the scheme, a conversion to student housing by Whittam Cox Architects and student housing developer Alumno.

Limited first edition print run of 20

Illustration by Andrew Cadey

A housing estate that brought "streets in the sky" to Sheffield, designed by Ivor Smith and Jack Lynn Sheffield Corporation City Architect's Department and built between 1957 and 1961, Park Hill was one of the most ambitious inner-city housing projects of its era housing over 3,000 people in 985 flats.

The collapse of the steel industry – Sheffield's biggest income provider and employer – in the 1980s brought the radical ideals of Park Hill to an end. As money ran out, pubs were boarded up and the labyrinth of passages and decks became the perfect place for antisocial behaviour, vandalism and crime.

Threatened with demolition, the fortunes of the complex changed in 1998 when Park Hill was granted a Grade II* listing by English Heritage, making it the largest listed building in Europe. Property developer Urban Splash took over the buildings and commissioned various architects to renovate its dilapidated interiors. Shown here is the final stage of the scheme, a conversion to student housing by Whittam Cox Architects and student housing developer Alumno.

Limited first edition print run of 20

Product Details

Print: Printed on 240gsm Alpha Cellulose paper with a clean white base and a smooth matt surface and acid free. (Titled, signed and numbered in pencil on the reverse)

Mount: High quality ‘ice white’ picture mount with precision cut bevelled edge and a card backing board with printed label. All card is acid free, conservation quality white core, ph neutral board 1.4mm thick