Modernist Semis and Terraces in England (Paperback)

Contents: Preface; Part I Architectural Modernism: Towards modernism in England. Part II Working-Class Estates: The Clockhouse Way estate - Braintree; Crittall's Garden Village - Silver End; The Bata estate - East Tilbury; Lescaze at Dartington Hall; Estates for war workers; Jellicoe's seven secret estates. Part III Modernist Housing - The Inter-War Period: The rise of modernism in continental Europe (1900-1940); Housing in inter-war England; Modernism and its critics - England in the 30s. Part IV Middle-Class Modernism - a Journey Through England: Introduction; Greater London - northern part; Greater London - southern part; The coastline from Cornwall to Essex; Inland locations; Modernism, Art Deco and the suntrap house. Part V Post-War Modernism: Introduction; Modernism 1945-65; The wilderness years and a new Modernism 1965-2010; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.