Since 1987 more than 300 buildings have been listed for their special architectural and historic interest. From humble prefabs to the colossal Park Hill, Sheffield, the range of listed buildings is staggering. This book lists all of them. Sir Albert Richardson's Bracken House, built for the Financial Times in 1955-59, was the first post-war building to be officially listed, when it was threatened with demolition. Listing led to its remodelling by Michael Hopkins in 1989-91, a demonstration of how the conservation process can inspire radical architectural interventions. Subsequent listings have been prompted by requests from the public when a building is threatened, or from detailed studies by building type. Buildings range from traditional works by Raymond Erith and Donald McMorran and many of the 'pop icons' of the 1960s such as Centre Point, to internationally outstanding modern works like Stirling and Gowans' Leicester Engineering Building and Foster Associates' offices for Willis Faber Dumas in Ipswich.
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Elain Harwood is the historian at English Heritage responsible for its post-war research and listing programme. Her publications on the subject include Tayler and Green with Alan Powers (1998) and many articles for Twentieth Century Architecture, the journal of the Twentieth Century Society.
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Format:Hardcover
I was recommended this and bought it shortly afterwards. I have not been disappointed. I've dipped in and out of this often. At over 700 pages there is plenty to look at and read about. I like the format a lot, a picture of the building and then a commentary as well as information on the architect. Harwood has done a great job and I recommend this to anyone with an interest in post war buildings, many of which get slated today but are all very worthy.
By Mr. J. Clark
Format:Hardcover
Since buying this book I've visited and photographed many of the buildings mentioned, many of which I'd not heard of before. It really is a comprehensive guide and the mostly one page descriptions of the buildings are superb. Attractive square hardback format. A couple of minor criticisms: there is no locations map for the buildings which are visitable, and some of the photographs seem a bit out of date (you can tell by the cars in the photos that they must be c90's).
On the whole though, highly recommended. Elain Harwood's guide to Nottinghamshire is very good too.
On the whole though, highly recommended. Elain Harwood's guide to Nottinghamshire is very good too.
Format:Hardcover
What is fascinating about this book is the wide variety of buildings that have been selected for listing. It is not, as one might have imagined, just the modernist icons of the last fifty years, but also examples of traditional, classical and vernacular architecture that have continued to be built, often going against the current fashions of the time.Projects such as McMorran and Whitby's Wood Street Police station in the City of London or Louis de Soissons' work at Welwyn Garden City both demonstrate a timelessness, indicating that they could have been built at any time in the last 200 years.
This book records in the selections of buildings that have been listed the story of how England built the Welfare State with its new schools and university buildings, public housing and community facilities. Many of these buildings explored new ways of living, teaching or working in addition to innovations in construction or materials. It is an important record of a tumultuous time of great change.
This book records in the selections of buildings that have been listed the story of how England built the Welfare State with its new schools and university buildings, public housing and community facilities. Many of these buildings explored new ways of living, teaching or working in addition to innovations in construction or materials. It is an important record of a tumultuous time of great change.
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