A general overview of Proctor & Matthews Architects.

Since its foundation in 1897, Country Life has consistently featured new British houses, thus building up an unrivalled photographic archive on twentieth-century architecture, and one that covers a much wider variety of houses than any other.

How can the different strands of modern architecture in Britain be understood? This book shows how beneath the achievements in architecture, past conflicts have not been resolved, as the country that invented industrial civilization has struggled to control its effect on cities and countryside. It examines developments and changes since 1900.

The definitive guide to Modern Movement architecture in Britain.

Explores over 150 ways in which books can not only be stored, but made to play a part in the character of a home. Space-saving devices are illustrated for storing books in odd spaces within the home. Special double-page features appear in each chapter on topics such as designer solutions, book plates, and creating furniture out of books.

Presents a comprehensive survey of the cover and jacket design from the 20th century. This book explores the important designs, including the distinctive yellow dust-jackets of the Gollancz novels of the 1930s, the colour-coded series design of Penguin paperbacks in the 1960s and the award-winning paperback designs by Canongate in the 1990s.

Le Corbusier (1887-1965) is arguably the influential architect of the 20th century. Despite the fact that he designed no permanent buildings in the UK, he was responsible for shaping British post-war architecture. This book traces the awareness of work by this visionary figure in contemporary architecture journals and the popular press.

With the Royal Mail at Hemel Hempstead in the mid 1980s, Aldington, Craig and their younger partner, Paul Collinge, produced their own version of High Tech. This title draws on the recollections of the partners and on documents to describe the distinctive ideology of Aldington, Craig and Collinge through their built and unbuilt projects.

Structured chronologically, this text charts over 100 years in children's book covers and jackets, dating back to the 18th century. It should be of interest to collectors, design enthusiasts and lovers of children's literature, and contains colour images of over 400 books.

A detailed account of current work by Pollard Thomas Edwards architects.