Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth

£40.00

Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth

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A Brutalist legend, finely detailed in concrete by Spaceplay.

Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth

Name: Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth
Brand: Spaceplay
SKU: MINI_020
Price: 40.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£40.00

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Hold onto what Portsmouth lost, with a concrete model that keeps it in your hands. Whether you loved it or loathed it, honour the unforgettable.

Made to order and shipped within 30 days

Designed and made in my UK studio

Comes gift-boxed for the perfect concrete gift

Express processing available for UK orders

Shipping

All Spaceplay models are made to order and are usually made and posted within 30 days.

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UK orders usually arrive within 3 working days after posting. International orders usually arrive within 8 working days after posting, although customs and local postal services can sometimes cause delays.

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Returns

You can return unused and undamaged items within 30 days of delivery for a refund, excluding return postage costs.

If your model arrives damaged, faulty, or incorrect, please email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and photos of the issue. I’ll arrange a free replacement to be made and posted to you.

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Building Information

Location: Portsmouth, UK
Architect: Owen Luder Partnership (Rodney Gordon)
Completed: 1966
Status: Demolished in 2004

Brief Overview:
The Tricorn Centre was a Brutalist megastructure in Portsmouth, combining retail, parking, residential and leisure spaces into one sculptural concrete complex. Hailed by some as visionary and derided by others as oppressive, it became one of the UK’s most controversial buildings. Demolished in 2004, it remains a powerful symbol of post-war ambition and architectural risk.

Making my concrete model

Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth

If you know the Tricorn was never forgettable, this Tricorn Centre miniature concrete model is for you. Owen Luder Partnership's Portsmouth megastructure, designed by Rodney Gordon and completed in 1966, combined shops, parking, flats and a market in one sculptural concrete complex. It was praised as visionary, dismissed by Prince Charles as "a mildewed lump of elephant droppings", and demolished in 2004. It's still one of the most famous lost buildings of British Brutalism. This concrete model of the Tricorn keeps its angular ramps and clustered forms at 7.5cm for a desk or shelf. It's made for people from Portsmouth, anyone who shopped or partied there, and collectors of lost Brutalist architecture, and it's a Portsmouth gift with attitude. Each piece is hand-cast in solid concrete.