Modern London Houses

My photos of some of the best modern-style houses in London

Introduction

Despite the general opposition to Modern style houses, London has a considerable number of interesting individual examples, often hidden away in small mews sites or previously under-developed backland sites. I am aiming to gradually photograph each one and record their precise address.

When I say 'Modern' I don't mean of recent construction, but designed in the 'Modern Style' which arrived here in the thirties. In contrast to architectural styles of the past which modelled 'mass' sculpturally, the Modern Style uses space as its medium. Hence buildings in this style tend to have plain unornamented construction while having complex, connected spaces, often linking different rooms and levels and linking interior with garden.

Notes

In the borough pages below, clicking the small images will bring up a larger version. If I know the details, I have included the architect and date of construction in the columns after the image. The note "Listed" means this property is on the Government list of buildings of architectural or historical interest, giving it statutory protection. I have also included reference numbers (abbreviated to 'IoE') to the listed buildings website "Images Of England". Other abbreviations in the right-hand comments column are page references to books listed in the bibliography (below). I've also added some other buildings of interest, especially small blocks of flats.

London Borough Pages

Barnet	Barnet - Hampstead	Bexley	Brent	Bromley - North	Bromley - South	Camden	Camden - Hampstead	Camden - Highgate South
City Of London	Croydon	Ealing	Enfield	Greenwich	Greenwich - Blackheath	Hackney	Hammersmith And Fulham	Haringey
Harrow	Harrow - Stanmore	Havering	Hillingdon	Hounslow	Islington - North	Islington - Central	Islington - South	Kensington & Chelsea
Kingston Upon Thames	Kingston Upon Thames - Coombe	Lambeth	Lewisham	Merton	Merton - Wimbledon Park	Newham	Redbridge	Richmond Upon Thames - South
Richmond Upon Thames - North	Southwark	Sutton	Tower Hamlets	Tower Hamlets - Estates	Waltham Forest	Wandsworth	Westminster

Bibliography

AR	The Architectural Review
MH	The Modern House	F.R.S.Yorke	The Architectural Press	1934, (References are from the Eighth Edition 1957)
MHE	The Modern House in England	F.R.S.Yorke	The Architectural Press	1937
NHGB	New Housing in Great Britain	Bruckmann and Lewis	Alec Tiranti	1960
H&GS	House and Garden Book of Small Houses	Editor:Robert Harling	Conde Nast	1961
H&GM	House and Garden Book of Modern Houses and Conversions	Editor:Robert Harling	Conde Nast	1966
ABT	Architecture in Britain Today	Michael Webb	Country Life	1969
JP	Houses for Today	June Park	Batsford	1971
TMHT	The Modern House Today	Nick Dawe & Kenneth Powell	Black Dog	2001
EH	England A Guide To Post-War Listed Buildings	Elaine Harwood	Batsford	2003
20CJ2	Journal of the Twentieth Century Society No.2	Gazetteer by Jeremy Gould with John Newman	The Twentieth Century Society	1996
20CJ4	Journal of the Twentieth Century Society No.4		The Twentieth Century Society	2000

Other References

IoE	The English Heritage "Images Of England Website". Each reference number refers to a 'listed' building on this site.