The twentieth century house in Britain : from the archives of Country Life / Alan Powers.

Main entry:

Powers, Alan, 1955-

Title & Author:

The twentieth century house in Britain : from the archives of Country Life / Alan Powers.

Publication:

London : Aurum, 2004.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Forgetting the future: 1920-30 -- Building politics: 1930-40 -- Perfectly modest: 1950-60 -- The space age: 1960-70 -- Individual choice: 1970-90 -- Differing views: 1990-2000.

Summary:

Since its foundation in 1897, Country Life has consistently featured new British houses, thus building up an unrivalled photographic archive on twentieth-century architecture, and one that covers a much wider variety of houses than any other. This archive forms the basis for Alan Powers' new study of twentieth-century houses, illustrated with 200 stunning colour and duotone photographs, some of which are reproduced here for the first time. The book is divided into chronological chapters covering the 1920s to the 1990s, preceded by an enlightening introductory essay on the changing nature of architectural style over the course of the century. Both town and country houses are included, as well as remodellings of earlier buildings where the result has a clear twentieth-century character, such as London's glorious Eltham Palace.

ISBN:

184513012X
9781845130121

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Great Britain History 20th century.
Dwellings Great Britain History 20th century.
Habitations Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings
Great Britain

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Country Life Limited.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 234773
Call No.: NA7620.P69 2004
Status: Available

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