The blasted remains of the Clapton Portico are a popular and dramatic local landmark in Hackney, North London. Originally constructed in 1825 as an orphanage, the imposing stone Doric portico served as the entrance to a larger complex of buildings, for much its life the headquarters of the Salvation Army. When the Salvation Army moved out in 1975 the rest of the buildings were demolished leaving the Portico and connecting colonnades as a roofless and steadily deteriorating townscape monument

The Art works in the reception have been kindly donated by motiroti

Publications/Awards/Exhibitions

2007 Ken Powell 'new london architecture'

2006 Architecture Today - 5 page feature

2006 Architecture Ireland - 5 page feature

2006/7 English Heritage: exemplar projects

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