100 Twentieth Century Houses

By Twentieth Century Society

A celebration of the best of Britain's domestic architecture since 1914. 100 20th-Century Houses is a fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the way that homes have changed over the last century. From specially commissioned houses for individuals to low-cost housing built for an increased workforce, each of the 100 houses in this book brings a different design style or historical story. There are semi-detached suburban houses, housing estates, eco-houses, almshouses, converted factories and affordable post-war homes. Architectural styles encompass Arts & Crafts, mock Tudor, modernist, brutalist and post-modern, and featured architects include Edwin Lutyens, Walter Gropius, Powell & Moya and David Adjaye. Accompanying text is written by leading architectural critics and design historians including Gavin Stamp, Alan Powers, Elain Harwood, Barnabas Calder and Gillian Darley, and there are essays that explore our fascination with housing design, the impact of domestic technology and the appeal of architect-designed houses. The Twentieth Century Society protects outstanding architecture and design dating from 1914 onwards, so now has over 100 years of buildings under its protection. Its remit has always been to protect the best of all types and styles of architecture from neo-Georgian to Art Deco, Modern Movement to prefab, and its campaigns now extend to brutalist and post-modern buildings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849947864
• ISBN13: 9781849947862
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Batsford
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.6" x 8.7"