Reviews for The 1950s Home

The average rating for The 1950s Home based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-24 00:00:00 Yahn Kaa This book wasn't what I expected, it's not about home deco, it's more about architecture and the housing shortage in Britain in the 1950s. I did still enjoy this book, but don't get this book if you want to read more about home decorating, because this does not cover any of that. If you are interested in architecture, this is a perfect introduction to 1950s architecture!

Review # 2 was written on 2011-12-28 00:00:00 William Brooke I remember seeing a copy of this book in school (maybe in S. Parsons' hands), but only recently picked it up and read it for the essays by Corner, Girot, Marot, and Descombes. Lately, I've been seeking out the books like this one (and there are several) with essays that cover a variety of topics in contemporary landscape practice but also always sort of herald the emergence(some, like this one, were written almost ten years ago) of "landscape urbanism" as a new field. I have to admit that I find the new category useful only in that it seems to bring together great essays on landscape. And there is, in fact, a sort of direction shared by most of these writers and practitioners. It's really exciting stuff to read. Alex Wall's essay, "Programming the Urban Surface," and Bart Lootsma's, Synthetic Regionalization," stand out as excellent surveys of this trend. I'm also particularly partial to the texts by Girot, Descombes, Berrizbeita, and Mathur. James Corner's essay (possibly more than his introduction) is also an exciting entry into these topics (which I will continue to be vague about for now).