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Ideal Homes: Uncovering the History and Design of the Interwar House

Ideal Homes: Uncovering the History and Design of the Interwar House

Ryan, Deborah Sugg

Paperback

Series: Manchester University Press

Entertainment & Performing ArtsBritish HistoryArchitecture History

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ISBN10: 1526150670
ISBN13: 9781526150677
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Apr 1 2020
Pages: 360
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
Ideal homes investigates the tastes and aspirations of the new suburban communities that emerged in Britain following the First World War. In a period when homeownership was becoming the norm, these communities sought out varieties of architecture and design that were both nostalgic and modern, reflecting longings for 'Old England' on the one hand and technological convenience on the other. The book draws on exhibitions, memoirs, advertisements and films, as well as surviving examples of suburban architecture and interiors, to identify a distinctively suburban modernism, embodied by the Tudorbethan semi. Arguing that the 'ideal' home of the period was both a retreat from the outside world and a site of change and experimentation, it concludes by considering how such houses are lived in today. This new edition also features an introductory chapter on researching the history of your own home.

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