A stylish celebration of some of the greatest buildings in Britain, from the 20th century and beyond, by the country’s leading organisation for the protection of 20th century architecture.
This fascinating book showcases 100 standout buildings from 1914 onwards, representing the broad variety of 20th century British architecture. The structures celebrated in this book include the Royal Festival Hall, the Hepworth Gallery, Preston Bus Station, Battersea Power Station, the Barbican Estate, the Aquatics Centre and many more.
The glorious photography in 100 20th Century Buildings is accompanied by insightful text from a range of expert architectural writers and enthusiasts including Alan Powers, Owen Hatherley and Rowan Moore, along with several longer essays on different aspects of the 20th-century built environment: the late Gavin Stamp on the inter-war decades, the much missed Elain Harwood on post-war architecture and Timothy Brittain-Catlin on postmodernism.
From factories to art galleries, churches to health centres, office blocks to individual private dwellings, this book provides a captivating overview of the 20th century built environment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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.
Foreword by Hugh Pearman
Introduction by Catherine Croft
100 Years Timeline
1914–1929
The Inter-war Decades by Gavin Stamp
1930–1944
1945–1969
Post-war Architecture by Elain Harwood
1970–1989
Postmodernism by Timothy Brittain-Catlin
1990–2013
ISBN
9781849948692Title
100 20th-Century BuildingsAuthor
Twentieth Century SocietyPublisher
BatsfordPublication year
2024Binding
HardcoverLanguage
English
