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The Modern Movement arrived in the UK after the first world war bringing with it a revolution in house design. The government sponsored drive to mass produce 'Homes For Heroes' led to a desire to industrialise the process of house-building and Britain looked to Europe for inspiration. | The Modern Movement arrived in the UK after the first world war bringing with it a revolution in house design. The government sponsored drive to mass produce 'Homes For Heroes' led to a desire to industrialise the process of house-building and Britain looked to Europe for inspiration. | ||
==Moderne== | ==Moderne== | ||
'Moderne' houses arrived in the UK as a reflection of the International Moderne movement in architecture that was sweeping Europe. Its stark lines, and flat roofs reflected a new international aesthetic being pioneered by the Bauhaus and architects like Le Courbousier. | [[File:20th.jpg|thumb|Osbert Lancaster's Parody of Moderne Houses - '20th Century | ||
Functional]]'Moderne' houses arrived in the UK as a reflection of the International Moderne movement in architecture that was sweeping Europe. Its stark lines, and flat roofs reflected a new international aesthetic being pioneered by the Bauhaus and architects like Le Courbousier. | |||
It must be said that the new style was not universally accepted in the UK and there were concerns that our weather made flat roofs and sun decks an impractical solution. Moderne houses were satirised as 20th Century Functional by the great Osbert Lancaster in his 1930's book 'Pillar To Post'. | It must be said that the new style was not universally accepted in the UK and there were concerns that our weather made flat roofs and sun decks an impractical solution. Moderne houses were satirised as 20th Century Functional by the great Osbert Lancaster in his 1930's book 'Pillar To Post'. | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 7 December 2012
The Modern Movement arrived in the UK after the first world war bringing with it a revolution in house design. The government sponsored drive to mass produce 'Homes For Heroes' led to a desire to industrialise the process of house-building and Britain looked to Europe for inspiration.
Moderne
'Moderne' houses arrived in the UK as a reflection of the International Moderne movement in architecture that was sweeping Europe. Its stark lines, and flat roofs reflected a new international aesthetic being pioneered by the Bauhaus and architects like Le Courbousier.
It must be said that the new style was not universally accepted in the UK and there were concerns that our weather made flat roofs and sun decks an impractical solution. Moderne houses were satirised as 20th Century Functional by the great Osbert Lancaster in his 1930's book 'Pillar To Post'.
Restrained Moderne
'Restrained Moderne' is a house style that emerged quickly after the arrival of pure Moderne. It was a style assembled for people who were seduced by the clean lines of the Moderne movement but who were slightly put off by the brutal nature of the flat-roofed houses that it produced. Restrained Moderne was a uniquely British fudge with the brutal lower lines, and horizontal mullioned windows, ofset by a nice safe roof 'like your mother had'.
See Also
References
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster (Frances Lincoln Publishers, 2008)
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