Artists Lucy Harrison and Katherine Green have collaborated on a new project that surveys the former Warner Estate in the suburbs of east London.

The artists have worked with the archive of the Walthamstow Historical Society and with local writer and researcher Kirstin Sibley to produce the first extensive survey of how these uniqueand distinctive 19th and early 20th-century properties are used in modern times. The results will be presented in an exhibition from 30 May – 15 June 2014 in London.

The project explores the communities and the changing uses of domestic architecture and compares two points of rapid change in the history of east London. A mixture of contemporary photography and oral history will be presented alongside early 20th-century photographs from renowned architectural photographers Bedford Lemere & Co, architect John Dunn FRIBA, as well as other historical material related to the Warner Estate. The project includes photographs of and interviews with older residents, council tenants and first-time buyers.

To accompany the exhibition, a new limited edition book is also being published and there will be free walks, talks and events throughout.

Both Harrison and Green are local to the area, and have experienced first hand the changes that are occurring.

Lucy says: "At a time when east London is becoming rapidly gentrified and a lack of affordable housing is a huge issue for many, the project looks at one example of how a private company developed large amounts of good quality housing stock and its legacy for the area today."

This is the first time these artists have worked together.

Venue: The Former Warner Rent Office, 2A Rushbrook Crescent (corner of Brettenham Road), London, E17 5BZ