Modern Buildings in Britain - A Gazetteer

Modernism is now a century old, and its consequences are all around us, built into our everyday lived environments. Its place in Britain’s history is fiercely contested, and its role in our future is the subject of ongoing controversy – but modernist buildings have undoubtedly changed our cities, politics and identity forever.
In Modern Buildings in Britain, Owen Hatherley applauds the ambition and explores the significance of this most divisive of architectures, travelling from Aberystwyth to Aberdeen, from St Ives to Shetland, in search of our most important and distinctive modern buildings. As Hatherley considers the social, political and cultural value of these structures – a number of which are threatened by demolition – two linked questions emerge: what happens to a building after it has been lived in, and what becomes of an idea when its time has passed?
With more than six hundred pages of trenchantly opinionated, often witty analysis, and with three hundred photographs in both duotone and colour, Modern Buildings in Britain is a landmark contribution to the history of British architecture.<>

About the author

Owen Hatherley is the author of many books on aesthetics and politics, including Landscapes of Communism, Trans-Europe Express and Modern Buildings in Britain. He is a commissioning editor at Jacobin.

Product details

• Authors: Owen Hatherley, Hatherley Owen
• Publisher: Particular Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9780241701850
• ISBN: 978-0-241-70185-0
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 263 mm x 58 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; 20th Century, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 21st Century, ARCHITECTURE / Reference, Postmodernism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Modernism, Art & design styles: Modernist design & Bauhaus, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Art & Design Styles: Postmodernism, REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Theory of architecture, Place names and gazetteers, Place Names & Gazetteers