100 Houses 100 Years

100 Houses 100 Years is a celebration of Britain's diverse housing styles from the twentieth and twenty-first century. It offers a fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and showcases how housing has adapted to suit urban life over the years.

This book presents 100 houses, one for each year from 1914, representing a wide range of architectural styles. Stunning photography accompanies each house, along with 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-designed houses for individuals and families to homes built for increased workforces, each of the 100 houses offers a unique design style or historical narrative. The spectrum includes houses from garden cities, semi-detached suburban homes, housing estates, eco-houses, almshouses, converted factories, and affordable post-war homes. Architectural styles featured extend from mock Tudor and modernist to Arts & Crafts and brutalist, highlighting the work of architects such as Giles Gilbert Scott, Edwin Lutyens, Powell and Moya, and David Chipperfield.

The book also includes essays exploring the social and political aspects of housing design in Britain over the last century. It examines the impact of the World Wars on housing, domestic technology, building materials, and the evolution of the modern home.

Whether delving into Grayson Perry's folly-like House for Essex, Patrick Gwynne's modernist glass villa in Surrey, Sarah Wigglesworth's Straw Bale House, or Simon Conder's black rubber-clad fisherman's hut in Dungeness, this book offers a glimpse into the wonderful housing in Britain. It is a must-have for all fans of design history and architecture.