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The Stanley Picker House in Kingston Upon Thames was designed in 1968 by British modernist architect Kenneth Wood for the businessman Stanley H. Picker (1913-1982). In 1976 Kenneth Wood returned to build a private gallery in the garden, dedicated to Picker’s growing art collection. The house features contemporary furnishings, acquired through ...
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The Stanley Picker Trust, Picker House. Picker, Kingston upon Thames, KT27HX. Completed in 1968 by Kenneth Wood, the house is an untouched time capsule of 1960s colour, innovation and design, with interiors provided by the Conran Group. Situated in a quiet cul-de-sac on steeply sloping ground, the location was both an inspiration and a ...
Aug 6, 2023 · The first is the Stanley Picker house in Kingston-upon-Thames. Built for New York cosmetics mogul, Stanley Picker, it was his UK base, convenient for his make-up factory in Surbiton. Spacious and progressive, this rare surviving example of a late modern house remains largely unaltered since it was built and furnished in 1968.
A fully illustrated book entitled The Picker House and Collection: A Late 1960s Home for Modern Art and Design (Philip Wilson Publishers 2012), with essays by Jonathan Black, David Falkner, Fiona Fisher, Fran Lloyd, Rebecca Preston and Penny Sparke, is available directly from the Stanley Picker Gallery at the special price of £25.
Oct 4, 2024 · The house was completed in 1936 to Gordine’s design and holds the largest international collection of her work. Gordine lived at Dorich House from 1936 until her death in 1991. The Picker House was designed by Surrey architect Kenneth Wood (1921-2015) for the businessman and philanthropist Stanley Picker (1913-1982), head of Gala Cosmetics, and was completed in 1968.
Picker House is a remarkable late 1960s modernist home specifically designed to accommodate a significant international collection of modern and contemporary painting and sculpture. Situated on the outskirts of London, in Kingston upon Thames, it is a rare surviving example of a spacious and progressive late modern house and garden that remains unaltered.
Wed 22 Sep, 2021. Come and see this impeccable late-modernist house in Kingston upon Thames designed in 1968 by architect Kenneth Wood, for Stanley Picker to live amongst his growing collection of 20th century sculptures and paintings and design objects. When he retired in 1976 he devoted more time to his interest in art, and built a private ...
