Tecton Group the leaders in bringing continental modernism to Britain. The group's first commission was the 1932-1934 gorilla house in the London Zoo in Regent's Park. After the successful completion of the gorilla house, the group designed a penguin pool for the zoo, which contained a unique double helix-shaped walkway without intermediate supports for the penguins and a large swimming area. The group's successes at the London Zoo resulted in their designing two other zoos: Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire and Dudley Zoo in West Midlands. The group then designed the Highpoint I tower, an apartment complex in Highgate. The complex set a
World War Zoo gardens set up Pig Clubs, feeding and fattening livestock on food scraps including the London police pig club, run in the empty cages of ZSL Regent's Park London Zoo, the usual occupants having been evacuated to Whipsnade. Zoo staff at London Zoo planted a 10 pole plot allotment with tomato seeds sent from America and also hosted a National Wartime Utility farm and garden exhibition was set up at ZSL London Zoo, entitled the "Off The Ration" Exhibition to encourage visitors to grow their own crops and livestock. The Imperial War Museum exhibition in London in 2010 called Ministry of Food