This book is being offered at a discounted rate due to a small defect. We are unable to share images of defects or offer refunds on books purchased from the 'Sample Sale' section marked as 'Seconds’. Blackheath and Greenwich, in the southeast of London, proved to be an unusually fertile ground for modern architecture in the decades following WWII. Housing in particular became the prime field of work for many architecture firms, who designed a large number of residential buildings of various typologies, using new concepts and trying new solutions, inspired by the spirit and political developments of the time.…
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This book is being offered at a discounted rate due to a small defect. We are unable to share images of defects or offer refunds on books purchased from the 'Sample Sale' section marked as 'Seconds’.
Blackheath and Greenwich, in the southeast of London, proved to be an unusually fertile ground for modern architecture in the decades following WWII. Housing in particular became the prime field of work for many architecture firms, who designed a large number of residential buildings of various typologies, using new concepts and trying new solutions, inspired by the spirit and political developments of the time.
– The book features 65 buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich by 38 architecture firms through images, plans, and concise texts
– Explores the evolution of modern English architecture between 1950–2000, as well as the context of social and housing policies of the time
– With new images by distinguished British architecture photographer Pierce Scourfield
– An enclosed map with route suggestions makes the book also an unusually detailed architectural guide.
Design: Studio Blackburn
Size: 134x214mm
Pages: 416
Publication: 2024
Binding: Softbound book
