The Working Class Owner: Occupied House of the 1930s
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
The Working Class Owner – When the builders / revealers were persuaded by the contemporary explained opinion typically expressed by architects and designers, that they must build houses in the way moderné such houses were rejected by the public. The movement moderné in architecture and drawing in the years 1930 was a fashion I distill. ‘The tomorrow village’ in the Exhibition of Ideal House of 1934 understood houses built by Wates, Morrells, Berg and others that were in the style of moderné. Coates of Wells was the architect ordered by Lawrence Berg, and Arthur Kenyon for John W. Laing to produce contemporary drawings that presented houses what +had it gave elevations and flat roofs. In spite of the extensive promotion, they did not like the style because (96) was considered too austere. (more…)
