中文简介：

本书展示了英国建筑遗产和二十世纪不同的住房风格。该书在全新版本中进行了重新设计和更新，展示了100座来自整个20世纪并延伸到21世纪的房屋，这些房屋代表了多年来的建筑风格，并展示了房屋如何适应城市生活。

每座房屋都配有令人惊叹的摄影作品，以及由领先建筑评论家和设计历史学家撰写的文字，包括Gavin Stamp、Elain Harwood、Barnabas Calder、Alan Powers和Gillian Darley。从特别委托建筑师为私人设计的房屋，到为增加劳动力而建造的房屋，这100所房屋中的每一所都带来了不同的设计风格或历史故事。这里有作为花园城市的一部分而建造的房屋、半独立的郊区住宅、住宅区、生态屋、救济院、改建的工厂和战后经济适用房。建筑风格包括模拟都铎式、现代主义、工艺美术和野蛮主义，特色建筑师包括Giles Gilbert Scott、Walter Gropius、Edwin Lutyens、Powell和Moya以及David Chipperfield。

本书还包含了探讨英国过去100年住房设计的社会和政治方面的文章，探讨了世界大战对住房的影响，探索了国内技术和建筑材料，并发现了现代住宅是如何产生的。本书让人们了解到英国的各种住房，是所有设计历史和建筑爱好者的理想书籍。

英文简介：

This illuminating book is a fascinating insight into Britain's built heritage and the diverse housing styles of the twentieth century. Redesigned and updated in a brand-new edition, it showcases 100 houses, from throughout the 20th century and stretching into the 21st, that represent the range of architectural styles throughout the years and show how housing has adapted to suit urban life.

Each house is accompanied by stunning photography and texts written by leading architectural critics and design historians, including Gavin Stamp, Elain Harwood, Barnabas Calder, Alan Powers and Gillian Darley. From specially commissioned architect-designed houses for private individuals to housing built for increased workforces, each of the 100 houses brings a different design style or historical story. There are houses built as part of garden cities, semi-detached suburban dwellings, housing estates, eco-houses, almshouses, converted factories and affordable post-war homes. Architectural styles encompass mock Tudor, modernist, Arts and Crafts and brutalism, and featured architects include Giles Gilbert Scott, Walter Gropius, Edwin Lutyens, Powell and Moya and David Chipperfield.

The book also contains essays that explore the social and political aspects of housing design in Britain over the last 100 years, looking at the impact the world wars had on housing, exploring domestic technology and building materials and discovering how the modern house came about. This compelling book gives a glimpse into the wonderful housing Britain has to offer and is a must-have for all fans of design history and architecture.