Elain Harwood (1958–2023)
Author of Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the Inter-War Years
About the Author
Elain Harwood is the historian responsible for English Heritage's postwar research and listing programme
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- Birthdate
- 1958-06-10
- Date of death
- 2023-04-19
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Education
- Bramcote Hills Grammar School, Beeston
Bristol University - Occupations
- architectural historian, Historic England
specialist in post-Second World War English architecture - Organizations
- English Heritage (1984-2015)
Historic England (2015-2023)
The Twentieth Century Society (Trustee) - Awards and honors
- Alice Davis Hitchcock prize of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (2016)
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Monograph Library - shelved at: 91 - Architecture
Monograph Library - shelved at: B12:42 Oxford
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- Works
- 25
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 166
- Popularity
- #127,845
- Rating
- 4.4
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 29
An interesting book pulling together articles about social housing in the UK in the C20th, taking examples from across the UK with varying viewpoints. I think the most interesting to me was the one about maintaining a Westminster Council block through its life in the 1990s, as I lived in a similar block in London and worked in Regeneration for a time. Not to everyone's taste, but I enjoyed dipping into this and seeing those great plans actually put into action, with all the varied results that entailed.… (more)