100 20th-century houses
2022
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This illuminating book, redesigned and updated for this brand-new edition, is a fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the diverse housing styles of the twentieth century. It showcases 100 houses, from throughout the 20th century and stretching into the 21st, that represent the range of architectural styles throughout the years and show how housing has adapted to suit urban life. Each house is accompanied by stunning photography and texts written by leading architectural critics and design historians, including Gavin Stamp, Elain Harwood, Barnabas Calder, Ellis Woodman and Gillian Darley. From specially commissioned architect-design houses for private individuals to housing built for increased workforces, each of the 100 houses brings a different design style or historical story. There are houses built as part of garden cities, semi-detached suburban dwelllings, housing estates, eco-houses, almshouses, converted factories and affordable post-war homes. Architectural styles encompass mock Tudor, modernist, Arts and Crafts and brutalism, and featured architects include Giles Gilbert Scott, Walter Gropius, Edwin Lutyens, Powell and Moya and David Chipperfield. The book also contains essays that explore the social and political aspects of housing design in Britain over the last 100 years, looking at the impact the world wars had on housing, exploring domestic technology and building materials and discovering how the modern house came about. This compelling book gives a glimpse into the wonderful housing Britain has to offer and is a must-have for all fans of design history and architecture.
Main title:
100 20th-century houses / edited by Susannah Charlton and Elain Harwood.
Author:
Charlton, Susannah, editorHarwood, Elain, editorTwentieth Century Society (London, England), issuing body
Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
London : B. T. Batsford Ltd, 2022.©2022
Collation:
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 x 23 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as 100 houses 100 years. 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781849947862 (hbk)9781849947862
Dewey class:
728.3709410904728.37
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
550181
More Information:
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - House and Garden | 728.37 ONE | Available |