This is a preliminary list of the print sources, including books, exhibition catalogues, theses and conference papers, consulted in compiling the AHRnet Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800 - 1950.
Many of these publications have been digitized for the AHRnet database Research Sources: 1. British and Irish Architecture and Decorative and Applied Arts 1850s to the 1930s
AA Women in Architecture 1917-2017. Edited by Elizabeth Darling and Lynne Walker. London: Architectural Association and the authors, 2017
"AA Women in Architecture 1917-2017 is the keystone of the AA XX 100 project which marks the centenary of women's admission ro the Architectural Association School of Architecture" [Introduction]. The book documents women's presence in the school from the admission of four female students in 1917 to parity with men in 2014-15, and the majority status in 2015-16.
Contents: 'Introduction': by Elizabeth Darling and Lynne Walker, 6-9; Chapter One: 'An Irresistible Movement, by Lynne Walker', pp.. 11-25; Chapter Two: 'Becoming Truly Alive', by Elizabeth Darling, pp. 27-43; Chapter Three: 'A Collection of Scimar Minds', by Gillian Darley, pp. 45-65; Chapter Four: 'Beyond the Drawing Board', by Edward Bottoms, pp. 67-83; Chapter Five: 'Why are there so few wmen architects?' by Elain Harwood, pp. 85-107; Chapter Six: 'A Transnational Assemblage', by Rachel Lee, pp. 109-127; Chapter Seven: 'The Antipodean Diaspora, 1920-2000', by Julie Willis and Karen Burns, pp. 129-146; Chapter Eight: 'Tributaries, Flow and an Extraordinary Alchemy', by Rosa Ainley. pp.147-169; Epilogue: 'Diagram of Relative Positions', by Helen Thomas, pp. 171-179.
Adams, Maurice Bingham. Modern Cottage Architecture Illustrated from Works of Well-known Architects. London: B.T. Batsford, second edition, 1912
A survey of contemporary British cottage architecture ranging from moderately-priced gardeners’ cottages to substantial middle-class homes.
Architecture. A Profession or an Art. Thirteen short essays on the qualifications and training of architects. Edited by R. Norman Shaw and T. G. Jackson. London: John Murray, 1892
A collection of essays by 13 eminent British architects who were critical of proposed legislation for the formal registration of architects.
Contents: Introduction, by T. G. Jackson pp. vii-xxxii; The protest. Reprinted from the 'Times' of March 3, 1891 pp. xxxiii-xxxv; 'The Fallacy that the Architect who makes Design his first Consideration, must be unpractical'' by R. Norman Shaw pp. 1-15; 'Architecture and Construction' by J. T. Micklethwaire pp. 17-32; 'The Institute Examination and Architecture' by Reginald Blomfield pp. 33-53; 'Architectural Study and the Examination Test' by G. F. Bodley pp. 55-69; 'The Protection of the Public' by Mervyn Macartney pp. 71-81; 'Architects and Surveyors' by Ernest Newton pp. 83-95; 'The Ghosts of the Profession' by Edard S. Prior pp. 97-115; 'The Isolation of "Professional" Architecture from the other Arts' by John R. Clayton pp. 117-133; 'The Proper Relation of General to Technical Education in the Training of an Architect' by Basil Champneys pp. 135-148; 'The Builder's Art and the Craftsman' by W. R. Lethaby pp. 149-172; 'Thoughts on Three Arts and the Training for then' by W. B. Richmond pp. 173-191; 'The Unity of Art' by Gerald C. Horsley pp. 193-203; 'On True and False Ideals in the Education of an Architect' by T. G. Jackson pp. 205-239.
Armstrong, Barrie and Armstrong, Wendy. The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England. A Handbook. Weatherby: Oblong Creative Ltd., 2005
The first in a series of very informative regional guides to the work of Arts and Crafts architects and designers in England. Buildings and craftwork at some 600 sites throughout the North West of England are described. The book contains profiles of over 300 Arts and Crafts achitects and designers associated with the area whose work is discussed in the guide
Armstrong, Barrie and Armstrong, Wendy. The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North East of England. A Handbook. Weatherby: Oblong Creative Ltd., 2013
The second in a series of very informative regional guides to the work of Arts and Crafts architects and designers in England. Buildings and craftwork throughout the North East of England are described. The book contains profiles of over 350 Arts and Crafts architects and designers associated with the area whose work is discussed in the guide
Armstrong, Barrie and Armstrong, Wendy. The Arts and Crafts Movement in Yorkshire. A Handbook. Weatherby: Oblong Creative Ltd., 2013
The third in a series of very informative regional guides to the work of Arts and Crafts architects and designers in England. Buildings and craftwork throughout the county of Yorkshire are described. The book contains profiles of over 400 Arts and Crafts architects and designers associated with the area whose work is discussed in the guide
The Arts Connected with Building. Edited by T. Raffles Davison. London: B.T. Batsford, 1909
Lectures on craftsmanship and its application to architecture by some of the leading names in the English Arts and Crafts movement including C.F.A. Voysey, M.H. Baillie Scott, A. Romney Green, J. Starkie Gardner, Francis William Troup, Charles Spooner, E. Guy Dawber, and R. Weir Schultz
Ashworth, H. Ingham. Flats: Design and Equipment. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1936
A study of the design, planning and construction of modern apartment buildings, The book is illustrated plans, drawings and photographs of flats designed by Wells Coates, Frederick Gibberd, Leonard Heywood, Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne, Lancelot Keay, Burnett and Eprile, Lewis Solomon & Son, Acworth & Montagu, and others
Audsley, William James and Audsley, George Ashdown. Cottage, Lodge and Villa Architecture London: William Mackenzie, 1868
Designs by W. & G. Audsley in various styles, e.g. Italian, Gothic, Elizabethan, of cottages for bailiffs,
gamekeepers and gardeners; lodges; and villas. Also includes essays on orders of architecture, linear
perspective, and practical geometry.
W. & G. Audsley [also known as Audsley & Audsley] was an architectural practice formed in Liverpool,
England in 1863 by the Scottish-born architects William James Audsley (1833-c.1910) and his brother George Ashdown Audsley (1838-1925). In 1892 they relocated their practice to New York City.
Avery, Derek. Victorian and Edwardian Architecture. London: Chaucer Press, 2003
A comprehensive guide to the architectural styles of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The book includes a 29-page alphabetical index of the architects discussed and a list of their principal commissions
Avery Obituary Index of Architects. Second Edition. Columbia University. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980
The Avery Obituary Index of Architects contains the obituary notices for architects from 500 or so periodicals indexed by the Avery Library, Columbia University.
The Obituary Index was begun in 1934 and has been enlarged over the years. The 2nd edition contains over 13,500 alphabetically arranged entries giving the name of the architects; their date of death and birth (where known), and the source of the obituary.
Baker, William J. Family Homes. Containing a Second Series of Over Sixty Designs by Fifty Architects for Ideal Houses and Cottages. London: William J. Baker, 1912
Plans and drawings of mainly medium-cost, middle-class houses by 50 contemporary British architects, most of whom subscribed to the Arts and Crafts style. These include M.H. Baillie Scott, C.F.A. Voysey, E. Guy Dawber, Edgar Wood, Oswald P. Milne, and Barry Parker & Raymond Unwin.
Barron, P. A. The House Desirable. London: Methuen & Co., 1929.
Discusses modern British vernacular-revival houses designed by M. H. Baillie Scott, (1865-1945), Charles Cowles-Voysey (1889-1981), Blunden Shadbolt (1879-1945), Edwin L. Lutyens (1869-1944), Sir Aston Wells & Sons, and others.
Bayliaa, Anne and Bayliss, Paul. Architects and Civil Engineers of Nineteent h Century Scarborough. A Biographical Dictionary. Scarborough: A. M. Bayliss, 2001
A well-researched biographical dictionary of architects and civil engineers and architectural and civil engineering firms who were either based or at some time worked in the Yorkshire town of Scarborough in the nineteenth century. Each entry contains a profile and a list of their work in Scarborough. The book also contains an extensive bibliography.
Beattie, Susan. A Revolution in London Housing: LCC Housing Architects & Their Work. 1893-1914. London: Architectural Press/Greater London Council Department of Architecture and Civic Design, 1980
Examines the contribution made by a dedicated team of LCC architects to the development of working-class housing in London during the years 1893-1914
Beauty's Awakening. The Centenary Exhibition of the Art Workers Guild. Brighton: Royal Pavilion, Art Gallery and Museums, 1984
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Brighton Museum in 1984. It contains a full list of all members of the AWG from 1884 to 1984 with the date when they were elected and positions they held in the Guild. Nearly 270 architects are listed as members of the AWG.
Bennett, J. D. Leicestershire Architects 1700-1850. Leicester, Leicester Museums, 1968
The author examines the contribution made by architects to the built environment in Leicestershire during a period of 150 years. To qualify for inclusion an architect must have lived and worked in Leicestershire during the dates covered in the title. The author drew widely on local sources, both unprinted and printed, and upon surviving plans, in compiling the book.
Benton, Charlotte. A Different World: Emigre Architects in Britain 1928 - 1958. London: RIBA Heinz Gallery, 1995
Published to accompany an exhibition at the RIBA Heinz Gallery in London in 1995. The exhibition documented the experience of 61 European architects who for various reasons sought refuge in Britain between 1928 and 1939
Birmingham’s Victorian & Edwardian Architects. Edited by Phillada Ballard. Wetherby: Oblong Creative Ltd., 2009
The book contains 26 essays by various authors on architects and architectural practices active in Birmingham in the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century, with details of their principal commissions.
The Book of the Modern House. A Panoramic Survey of Contemporary Domestic Design. London: The Waverley Book Company, 1939
A comprehensive survey of contemporary British architecture and interior design edited and prepared under the direction of Patrick Abercrombie, Professor of Town-planning at the University of London. Contains an introduction by Abercrombie followed by 14 chapters: Chapter I. The Country House by E. Guy Dawber; Chapter II. The Country Cottage by Archie Allen; Chapter III. The Town House by Clifford Holliday; Chapter IV. The Suburban House by Harold Charlton Bradshaw; Chapter V. The Ready Built House by Stanley Churchill Ramsey; Chapter VI. The Working Man's House: Municipal Enterprise by Lancelot Herman Keay; Chapter VII. Coastal Houses by Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis; Chapter VIII. The House in its Suburban and Country Settiing by Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe; Chapter IX. The Contemporary House by Oliver Hill; Chapter X. The House in Sweden: A Comparison by Karl A. Wessblad; Chapter XI. The House in America: A Comparison by John Gloag ; Chapter XII. The Interior: Living Rooms and Bedrooms by Miriam Wornum; Chapter XIII. The Interior: Kitchens and Bathrooms by Mrs Darcy Bradell [Dorothy Bradell]; and Chapter XIV. Furniture by Robert Gardner-Medwin.
Booth, Philip and Taylor, Nicholas. Cambridge New Architecture Foreword by Nilolaus Pevsner. London: Leonard Hill, 3rd edition,1970
A complete survey of new building in Cambridge from the years 1945 to 1968. Each major building is described and analysed. Also contains photographs and plans of many of the buildings. Building projects, both those proposed for the future and those rejected in the past, are included. The book is indexed by the names of the architect and artists, and by the name of the building.
The British Home of Today. Edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1904
A comprehensive survey of contemporary British architecture and applied art, published at a time when the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement was at its height. Includes essays by Arnold Mitchell, E. Guy Dawber, Richard Norman Shaw, James Orrock, Frank Brangwyn, C.J. Harold Cooper, Mervyn Macartney, Charles Spooner and John Cash. Among artists, architects and designers whose work is discussed or illustrated include C.F. Voysey, Selwyn Image, Edwin Lutyens, George Walton, Ambrose Heal, Alexander Fisher, Sydney Barnsley, Ernest Gimson, and R.S. Lorimer. Shaw Sparrow
Brown, Cynthia, Haward, Birkin and Kindred, Robert. Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings 1800 - 1914: A Working Document Compiled from a Variety of Sources. Ipswich, Suffolk: Brown, Haward & Kindred, 1991
A very thoroughly researched biographical dictionary of over 800 architects active in the East Anglian county of Suffolk during the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century with details of their principal commissions. The Dictionary also includes a selection of pre-1800 architects and their buildings; a topographical index; and a list of building plans deposited with local authorities up to 1914.
Button, Roger. Arts and Crafts Churches of Great Britain: Architects, Craftsmen and Patrons. Settle, North Yorkshire, 2020
Fifty-three churches, chapels and meeting houses built in the Arts and Crafts style are described and their architects are identified and profiled.
Chatterton, Frederick. Houses, Cottages & Bungalows. A Selection of Representative Examples Designed by Architects and Built in Various Parts of the United Kingdom London: The Architectural Press, 1926
A review of domestic architecture by over 60 contemporary British architects and architectural firms
Chatterton, Frederick. Small Houses and Bungalows. London: The Architectural Press, 1934
A review of 104 recently-built small houses and bungalows costing less than £2,000. The work of over 60 architects and architectural firms is discussed
Clay, Felix. Modern School Buildings Elementary and Secondary. London: B.T. Batsford, 1902
Probably the best source on the planning, design and internal arrangement of British schools in the early years of the twentieth century. The book ran to three editions.
The author, Felix Clay (1871-1941) trained as an architect under Basil Champneys (1842-1935) and
commenced practice as an architect in London in 1897. He was architect to the Board of Education from
1904. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1914
Colquhoun, Ian. RIBA Book of British Housing: 1900 to the present day. London: RIBA, Second edition, 2008
Looks at the design solutions developed during the 20th and the 21st centuries, and illustrates over 200 of the most successful projects. It provides an overview of the evolution of housing development, and includes present day schemes and estate regeneration as well as special sections on housing in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Colvin, Howard. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840. New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 4th edition, 2008
Contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practised in England, Scotland and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1575-1652) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860).
The Dictionary lists every building of significance whose architect can be identified, together with such details as dates of erection and demolition, style, and references to illustrations and published descriptions, as well as a concise biography of each architect. The book also includes details of some buildings erected before 1840 to the designs of Victorian architects not included in the Dictionary; and details of public offices held by architects 1600 - 1840.
Contemporary Architects. Edited by Muriel Emanuel. London: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1980
An international biographical dictionary of over 570 architects, including several British architects. Each entry includes a brief profile summarizing their education and training; key points in their career; a list of publications by and about the architect; details of their major commissions; an appreciation of the subject; and sometimes a statement by the architect. The title of the book is somewhat misleading as some of the architects, e.g. Wells Coates and Walter Gropius had been dead for a number of years at the time of publication
Contemporary Architects. Second edition. Edited by Ann Lee Morgan. Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1987
A revised and expanded edition of Contemporary Architects, an international biographical dictionary of architects, including several British architects. The new edition contains data on over 600 names. The format is identical to the first edition. Each entry includes a brief profile summarizing their education and training; key points in their career; a list of publications by and about the architerct; details of thir major commissions; an appreciation of the subject; and sometimes a statement by the architect. The book only includes architects alive at the time of publication.
Cotton, A. Calverley. Town Halls. London: The Architectural Press, 1936
The first in a series of books entitled The Planning of Modern Buildings. The book focuses on town halls built recently in Slough by C.H. James and Rowland Pierce; Worthing by C. Cowles-Voysey; Hornsey by Reginald H. Uren; Beckenham by Lanchester & Lodge; Swansea by Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas; Southampton by E. Betty Webber
Crinson, Mark and Lubbock, Jules. Architecture: Art or Profession? : Three Hundred Years of Architectural Education in Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994
A general history of the training of architects in Britain from Christopher Wren in the mid-seventeenth century to Post-modernism and beyond. Contents: Introduction pp. 1-6; Chapter one: From Wren to the neoclassical academy, 1660-1830 pp. 7-37; Chapter two: The design of professionalism and its resistance, 1834-1938 pp.38-88; Chapter three: the modernist academy, 1838-60 pp. 89-156; Chapter four: The triumph of the paradigm pp. 157-179; Postscript pp. 180-183; Appendix: Changes to the RIBA examination syllabus pp. 184-192.
Curl, James Stevens and Wilson, Susan. Oxford Dictionary of Architecture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd edition 2015
Contains over 6,000 concise entries, each of which includes a short bibliography and suggestions for further reading. The book contains numerous profiles of architects including many British and Irish architects.
The Daily Mail Ideal Houses Book: reproductions of the best designs entered in The "Daily Mail" Ideal Houses Competition for Architects, 1927, together with designs of houses and a bungalow exhibited at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, 1927. London: Assorted Newspapers Ltd., 1927
A review of the best designs submitted in The "Daily Mail" Ideal Houses Competition for Architects, 1927. The book also includes drawings and plans of seven houses and bungalows erected at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia in 1927. The names and addresses of all the architects and practices illustrated in the book are given.
Daily Mail Ideal Labour-Saving Home. London: Assorted Newspapers Ltd., 1920
A report on the “Daily Mail” Ideal Labour-Saving Home Competition held in 1920. The aim of the competition was to demonstrate through good design and planning, homes could be run more efficiently, thus saving labour. The book contains a detailed discussion of the prize-winning design and eight others commended as well as descriptions of some of the entries by unsuccessful competitors. The names of all architects who submitted designs are given
Daily Mail Ideal (Workers') Homes Southern & Midland Counties Rural Areas. Reproductions of the Best Plans Entered in the Daily Mail's £2.000 Architects Competition, 1919. London: Assorted Newspapers Ltd., 1919
The book contains plans, drawings and specifications of the best designs in the Daily Mail Architects Competition for Workers’ Homes (Southern & Midland Counties Rural Area) 1919, together with the names of the architects and practices whose entries was selected for the book.
Daily Mail Ideal (Workers') Homes Northern Industrial Area. Reproductions of the Best Plans Entered in the Daily Mail's £2.000 Architects Competition, 1919. London: Assorted Newspapers Ltd., 1919
The book contains plans, drawings and specifications of the best designs in the Daily Mail Architects Competition for Workers’ Homes (Northern Industrial Area) 1919, together with the names of the architects and practices whose entries was selected for the book.
Daily Mail Ideal (Workers') Midland Industrial Area. Reproductions of the Best Plans Entered in the Daily Mail's £2.000 Architects Competition, 1919. London: Assorted Newspapers Ltd., 1919
The book contains plans, drawings and specifications of the best designs in the Daily Mail Architects Competition for Workers’ Homes (Midland Industrial Area) 1919, together with the names of the architects and practices whose entries was selected for the book.
Design in the Home. Edited by Noel Carrington. London: Country Life. 1933
A comprehensive survey of new designs for the domestic environment. The book is divided into 11 sections: interior design, furniture, artificial lighting, daylight lighting, heating, baths and lavatories, the kitchen, pottery and glass, silver and plate, and curtains, rugs and wall coverings The book includes work by Serge Chermayeff, Wells Coates, Dora Batty, Susie Cooper, Marion Dorn, Betty Joel, Ambrose Heal, Enid Marx, Brian O'Rorke, Raymond McGrath, R. D. Russell, Marion Peplar, Paul Nash and Keith Murray.
Noel Carrington (1894-1989) was an influential writer on design and a member of the Design & Industries Association. The book reflects his interest in promoting many of the best examples of work by contemporary British architects and designers.
[Design and Industries Association (DIA)]. The Year-book of the Design and Industries Association. London: Ernest Benn, 1922, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30
An annual review of work by architects and designers who were members of the DIA. The Association was established in 1915 with the aim of improving standards of design in manufacturing industry and the built environment. It took as its inspiration the Deutscher Werkbund (DWB) founded in Germany in 1907, and the Year-books resemble the Jahrbuchs of the DWB,
Designs for One Hundred Ideal £1,000 Houses. Being copies of the hundred best designs entered in the 1912 Daily Mail Architects' Competition. London: Assorted Newspapers Ltd., 1912
Report on the entries in a competition run by the Daily Mail Newspaper to design a house to cost from £900 to £1,100, which could be built at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, London in April 1912. Some 700 architects submitted plans and designs. The winning design was entered by the London architects Reginald C. Fry and H. Clark, Jun. This, and the designs and plans by 99 architects and architectural firms who we were awarded a Merit, are reproduced in the book.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Initially published in 1993 as Directory of British Architects 1834-1900, this revised and extended edition of the Directory, contains over 11,200 entries. It includes (where known) the date of birth and death of each architect; their address; and details of where and with whom they trained, their professional qualifications, obituary notices, basic professional and practice information, and supplementary references.
The Directory is not limited to members of the Royal Institute of British Architects (formerly Institute of British Architects), but includes all who practised architecture in Great Britain, and many who practised in the former colonies during the years 1834-1914.
Dixon, Roger and Muthesius, Stefan. Victorian Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 2nd edition, 1985
A survey of Victorian architecture organised by building types - houses, structures for entertainment, for industry and commerce, civic architecture, churches and schools. It includes a biographical dictionary of about 300 of the more important architects active during the period with a list of their most significant works
Eastlake, Charles Locke. A History of the Gothic Revival. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1872
Subtitled "An attempt to show how the taste for mediaeval architecture which lingered in England during the last two centuries has since been encouraged and developed". This was the first book to fully document the rise and development of the Gothic Revival movement in architecture and the decorative arts in England in the nineteenth century.
[Edinburgh Architectural Association]. Transactions of the Edinburgh Architectural Association. Edinburgh: Livingstone & Logan / Pillans & Wilson, 1891- 1933
The Transactions of the Edinburgh Architectural Association were published irregularly [only 10 volumes were issued] between 1891 and 1933. They contain an account of the recent activities of the Association and transcripts of papers delivered at their meeting
Edwardian Architecture and its Origins. Edited by Alastair Service. London: The Architectural Press Limited, 1975
Contains essays on key names in late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century British architecture, by various authors
Elder-Duncan, John Hudson. Country Cottages & Week-end Homes. London: Cassell & Co, 1906
The book features work by many of the leading Arts and Crafts architects including Ernest Gimson, C.F.A. Voysey, M.H. Baillie Scott, Edgar Wood, Robert Weir Schultz, Charles Spooner, Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, C.H.B. Quennell, Halsey Ricardo, Ernest Newton, and Mervyn Macartney.
Encyclopedia of Interior Design. 2 volumes. Edited by Joanna Banham. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997
The overall aim of Encyclopedia of Interior Design is to provide a description and analysis of a range of subjects and individuals related to the history of interiors. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order and fall into two broad categories: those on individuals, encompassing architects, critics, designers, makers and patrons; and those dealing with topics such as room types, decoration and particular types of furniture. The Encyclopedia contains thoroughly-researched, detailed signed profiles of several British and Irish architects, e.g. Eileen Gray, C.F.A. Voysey, Edwin Landseer Lutyens, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Episodes in the Gothic Revival. Six Church Architects. Edited by Christopher Webster. Reading, Berkshire: Spire Books Ltd., 2011
Contains essays by various authors on John Carter (1748-1817); Thomas Rickman (1776-1841); Thomas Taylor (1777/8-1826); R. C. Carpenter (1812-1855); George Edmun Street (1824-1881); and John Thomas Micklethwaite (1843-1906).
Flats, Urban Houses & Cottage Homes. Edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907
A companion to The British Home of To-Day (1904), and The Modern Home (1906), also edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Together these three books provide probably the best snapshot of British domestic architecture and decorative and applied art at the beginning of the twentieth century. Shaw Sparrow was a champion of the Arts and Crafts movement and this book features work designed by many of the leading names in the movement including, M. H. Baillie Scott, Edwin L. Lutyens, C. R. Ashbee, Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, E. Guy Dawber, Richard Norman Shaw, Raymond Unwin, and Ernest Newton.
Fletcher, Banister Flight and Fletcher, Herbert Phillips. The English Home. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., second edition, 1911
Contains detailed instructions on the planning, design and construction of a house. The book includes case studies of recent houses mainly designed in the prevailing Arts and Crafts style by C.F.A. Voysey, C. Harrison Townsend, M. H. Baillie Scott, A. N. Prentice, Edwin L. Lutyens, Forsyth & Maule, and Banister Fletcher & Sons.
Garden City Houses and Domestic Interior Details. London: Technical Journals Ltd., 1913
The book is based on two special Christmas issues of the “Architects’ and Builders’ Journal” – the one (1911) giving exterior views and plans of houses at Hampstead Garden Suburb and Gidea Park, the other (1912) dealing with domestic interior details. Architects who work feature in the book include Ernest Newton, Edwin L. Lutyens, E. Guy Dawber, Charles Herbert, and others
Garden City Houses and Domestic Interior Details. London: Technical Journals Ltd., fourth edition, revised and enlarged, 1924
Revised and enlarged edition of a survey of Garden City houses and interiors originally published in 1912. Architects whose work is represented in this edition include Patrick Abercrombie, E. Guy Dawber, Geoffry Lucas, E. Guy Dawber, Clough Williams-Ellis, Edwin Lutyens, Louis de Soissons, William Curtis Green, Horace Field and others. [The first, second and third editions of this book are identical]
Garden Suburbs. Town Planning and Modern Architecture 1910. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910
The book is divided into three sections: New Suburbs for London, containing chapters on Hampstead Garden Suburb, Romford Garden Suburb, Esher Park, and Nast Hyde in Hatfield; Modern Houses, which includes a chapter by M.H. Baillie Scott – The House as it is and might be: and Town Planning, which includes chapters on the Housing and Town Planning Act, and the Growth of the Garden Suburb Idea. The book features houses designed for the garden suburbs, mostly in the prevailing Arts and Crafts style, by M.H. Baillie Scott, E. Guy Dawber, Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, E. L. Lutyens, W. Curtis Green, and C. Harrison Townsend.
Girouard, Mark. The Victorian Country House. New Haven and London. Yale University Press, revised and enlarged edition, 1979
Contains biographical notes on 40 of the leading Victorian country house architects with lists of their major country house commissions.
Gould, Jeremy. 'Gazetteer of Modern Houses in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland' in Twentieth Century Architecture. The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society no. 2, 1996. The Modern House Revisited pp. 112-128
A detailed list of Modern movement domestic architecture in Britain. The list is arranged geographically. Each entry contains the name and location of the building, the name (s) of the architect(s) and sources consulted. This is an updated version of a list compiled by the author for his book Modern Houses in Britain, 1919-1939.
Gould, Jeremy. Modern Houses in Britain, 1919-1939. London: Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, 1977.
Contains a gazetteer of houses built in the British Isles, 1919-1939, arranged by address, structure, architect, client and date
Gray, A. Stuart. Edwardian Architecture: a Biographical Dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1985
Contains profiles of over 300 architects active in Britain during the Edwardian years (1901-1909), with details of their major commissions
Hamilton, Alec. Arts & Crafts Churches. London: Lund Humphries, 2020
Examines churches designed by architects working in the Arts and Crafts tradition, most of whom were members of the Art Workers Guild.The book contains a region-by-region gazetteer of more than 220 churches in England, Wales and Scotland - how they came to be built, and by whom and why. Biographical information is included on most of the architects.
Hardy, Matthew. 'List of architect-designed houses in England 1945-75' in Twentieth Century Architecture. The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society no. 4, 2000 Post-War Houses pp. 72-88
A list of post-war, architect-designed houses in England. The list is arranged alphabetically by architect, giving the location of each house, the date when built, and the sources consulted.
Harwood, Elain. Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the Interwar Years. London: Batsford, 2019
The author discusses over 120 buildings in the Art Deco style built in Britain between 1919 and 1939. The book is arranged into a series of categories Houses and Flats: Churches and Public & Institutional Buildings; Offices; Shops; Showrooms and Cafes; Hotels and Public Houses; Cinemas, Theatres and Concert Halls; Industrial Premises; and Transport. It includes photographs of each of the buildings and idenfies the architect.
Harwood, Elain. Mid-Century Britain. Modern Achitecture 1938-1963. London: Batsford, 2021
Over 120 representative examples of British architecture from the years 1938-1963 are discussed. The book is arranged into a series of categories Houses and Flats: Churches and Public Buildings; Offices; Shops; Showrooms and Cafes; Hotels and Public Houses; Cinemas, Theatres and Concert Halls; Industrial Buildings; and Transport. It includes photographs of each of the buildings and identifies the architect.
Harwood, Elain. Space Hope and Brutalism. English Architecture 1945-1975. New Haven, Connecticut and London: Yale University Press in association with Historic England for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2015
A monument study of English architecture from the years 1945 to 1975. Buildings of all budgets and styles are examined. It includes chapters on planned town centres and new towns; housing; private houses; schools; higher education; healthcare and hospitals; transport; energy, agriculture and industry; commercial buildings; places of worship; leisure and culture; and public buildings. The value of this book as a research source is enhanced by the inclusion of over 400 photographs and profiles of many of the architects and architectural practises whose buildings are discussed.
Harwood, Elain and Davies, James O. England's Post-War Listed Buildings including monuments and registered landscapes. London: Batsford, 2015
A guide to over 550 of the best post-war listed buildings in England. The book is comprehensively indexed. The buildings are grouped by region: the North, North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, West Midlands, East Midlands, East Anglia, South West, South Central, South East and London. Each entry contains a photograph and name of the building, its location, the name of the architect, when built, and when listed. The book also includes a 6-page list of listed sculptures and memorials.
Harwood, Elain and Foster, Andrew ' Places of Christian worship 1914-1990: A Selection of Christian Places of Worship' in Twentieth Century Architecture. The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society no. 3, 1998. The Twentieth Century Church pp. 104-128
A detailed list of mainly Church of England, Church of Wales and Church of Scotland churches and other places in England built between 1914 and 1990. The list is arranged alphabetically by architect and gives the name and location of each building, and the date when built.
The Hundred Best Houses. The Book of the Exhibition of Houses and Cottages Romford Garden Suburb Gidea Park. London: Published for the Exhibition Committee, 1911.
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Houses and Cottages at Romford Garden Suburb Gidea Park held in 1911. The objectives of the exhibition were “to demonstrate to Housing and Town Planning Authorities, to Builders and to the Public generally, the improvement in modern housing and building, due to the advance of Scientific Knowledge, the Revival of Arts and Crafts, and the Progress of the Garden Suburb movement, and by so doing to assist in raising the standard of Housing, not only in the Outer Metropolis, but throughout Great Britain” Among the 100 architects who designed and built for the exhibition included C. R. Ashbee, M. H. Baillie Scott, William Curtis Green, Charles S. Spooner, Clough Williams-Ellis, Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin.
Kalendar of the Royal Institute of British Architects [title varies]. London: Institute of British Architects [from 1837 Royal Institute of British Architects], 1834-1966
Issued annually. An indispensable source for research into the history of British architecture and the careers of individual architects. Architects are listed alphabetically according to their professional qualifications - Fellows and Retired Fellows; Associates and Retired Associates; Licentiates and Retired Licentiates; and Student members - with their full name, address, practices with which they were associated, and when they were elected. The Kalendar also includes details of architectural societies in Britain and abroad, and architectural awards, prizes and studentships, with lists of the recipients.
The following volumes are available on the Internet Archive:
1904-05 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 [Most of the digitized text of this volume is unreadable. It is, however, available print on demand from SN Books World, Delhi] 1908--09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1919-20 1920-21 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 Other volumes from the late nineteenth century have also been reprinted by SN Books World.
For further information about the Kalendar see the Library of Congress Catalog record
Kamen, Ruth H. British and Irish Architectural History: a bibliography and guide to sources of information. London: The Architectural Press; New York: Nichols Publishing Co., 1981
Compiled by the former Director of the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects. Although now over forty years old, and published before the advent of the Internet, this is still an invaluable resource for research on British and Irish architectural history. The book is divided into seven sections: 1) How to find out: guides to the literature; 2) How to find out about architects and buildings: published sources; 3) How to find out about architects and buildings: unpublished sources, indexes and catalogues; 4) How to find out about architects and buildings: periodicals and periodical indexes; 5) Societies, institutions and organizations; 6) Published directories to sources of architectural photographs, slides and films; 7) British and Irish architectural history: a selective bibliography.
See also Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles [Online Sources]
Larmour, Paul. Architects of Ulster, 1920s-1970s. Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage, 2022
Based on a series of essays by the author on the work and lives of 21 Northern Ireland architects drawn on personal interviews and on archival material. Among the architects whose work is discussed are Ingleby Smith, Thomas Rippingham, R S Wilshere, R H Gibson, Padraic Gregory, John MacGeagh, Ben Cowser, Denis O’D Hanna, John McBride Neill, Philip Bell, Liam McCormick, Henry Lynch-Robinson, Noel Campbell, Tony Houston, Robert McKinstry, Gordon McKnight, James Munce, Donald Shanks, Adair Roche, Ian Campbell, and Joe FitzGerald. [Reviewed by Marcus Patton in Irish Arts Review vol. 40, no. 3, Autumn (September-November) 2023 p. 124]
McGrath, Raymond. Twentieth Century Houses. London: Faber & Faber, 1934
An international survey of Modernist domestic architecture. Architects working in Britain whose work is discussed include Colin Lucas, Wells Coates, Serge Chermayeff, Oliver Hill, R.D. Russell and Marian Pepler, Robert Atkinson, Oswald P. Milne, A. D. Connell and B. R. Ward, and Edward Maufe.
Raymond McGrath (1903-1977) was born in Australia in 1903. After training as an architect at the University of Sydney, he moved to England where, between 1926 and 1930 he attended Brixton School of Building, Westminster School of Art and at Clare College, University of Cambridge a research fellow. Notable among his architectural projects was the design of the BBC studios at Broadcasting House in London (1930-32), with Wells Coates (1895-1958) and Serge Chermayeff (1900-1996). McGrath moved to Ireland in 1940 where he worked as Architect to the Office of Public Works until 1968. He died in 1977
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. 4 volumes. Edited by Adolf K. Plakzek. New York and London: Macmillan and Free Press, 1982
Contains signed profiles of varying lengths on some 1,200 architects, including several British and Irish architects, e.g. W. R. Lethaby, Frederick Gibberd, C.F.A. Voysey, and Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, with a list of their principal works and a bibliography.
Marriott, Charles. Modern English Architecture. London: Chapman & Hall, 1924
Contains profiles of 85 contemporary British architects, with details of their training, qualification and principal commissions.
Melvin, Jeremy, Reid, Sophie and Spaven, Rebecca. 'Special issue. 175 years of architectural education at UCL.' Architectural Review vol. 239, Supplement, May 2016, pp. 9-102.
A history of architectural education at University College London. Contents: Introduction, pp. 9-12; Ideas, pp. 14-31 [a series of illustrations featuring students' work]; Recent past and near futures: design-led research-based education, pp. 32-61; History, pp. 62-102 [includes: introduction, pp. 64-65; 1894-1919: wandering in a labyrinth of experiments - emphasising the speculative, imaginative and intellectual approach, pp. 66-70; 1919-1989: tradition and revolution, pp. 71-77 [includes: Gertrude Leverkus 1898-1989 - Bartlett student 1915-1925 / Reyner Banham 1922-1988 'Wham Zoom Zing Rave']; Forms of practice: shaping the world beyond architecture, pp. 90-102 [on notable alumni; includes: Hugh Casson 1910-1999, Margaret Casson 1913-1999 - Bartlett students 1932-1934 and 1932-1935 / Colin St John Wilson 1922-2007 - Bartlett student 1946-1949 / John Summerson 1904-1992 - Bartlett student 1922-1926 / Hubert de Cronin Hastings 1902-1986 - Bartlett student 1919-1922 / Ken Adam 1921-2016 - Bartlett student 1938-1939]
Mills, Edward David. The New Architecture in Britain 1946-1953. London: The Standard Catalogue Co., 1953
Based on a series of articles written for Architectural Design magazine between 1951 and 1953 in which the author discussed 15 examples of buildings of architectural importance built in Britain during the immediate post-World War Two years. The book contains profiles of 25 architects and architectural practices who were engaged on these projects.
Modern British Domestic Architecture and Decoration. Edited by Charles Holme. London: “The Studio” 1901
Published as a special issue of The Studio, this is the precursor of The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art launched in 1906 and is almost identical in its format. Among architects whose work is featured in the book are M.H. Baillie Scott, C.F.A. Voysey, George Walton, Edgar Wood, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
The Modern Building Record. Volume One, 1910. London: Charles Jones Ltd., 1910
A profusely illustrated survey of recent public architecture in Britain. Contains details of the architects, practices and contractors involved in the design and construction of each project. The first volume focused on public buildings and Includes banks, office buildings, department stores, town halls, hotels, and newspaper buildings.
The Modern Building Record. Volume Two, 1911. London: Charles Jones Ltd., 1911
A profusely-illustrated survey of recent public architecture in Britain. Contains details of the architects, practices and contractors involved in the design and construction of each project. Includes private houses, schools, public houses, churches, banks, office buildings, town halls, etc.
The Modern Building Record. Volume Three, 1912. London: Charles Jones Ltd., 1912
A profusely-illustrated survey of recent public architecture in Britain. Contains details of the architects, practices and contractors involved in the design and construction of each project. Includes
private houses, schools, public houses, churches, banks, office buildings, town halls, etc.
The Modern Building Record. Volume Four, 1913. London: Charles Jones Ltd., 1913
A profusely-illustrated survey of recent public architecture in Britain. Contains details of the architects, practices and contractors involved in the design and construction of each project. Includes
private houses, schools, public houses, churches, banks, office buildings, town halls, etc.
The Modern Building Record. Volume Five, 1914. London: Charles Jones Ltd., 1914
A profusely-illustrated survey of recent public architecture in Britain. Contains details of the architects, practices and contractors involved in the design and construction of each project. Includes
private houses, schools, public houses, churches, banks, office buildings, town halls, etc.
The Modern Building Record. Volume Six, 1915. London: Charles Jones Ltd., 1915
Contains profusely-illustrated reports on recent public, commercial and domestic architectural projects in Britain. Includes details of the architects and contractors involved in the design and construction of each project. Includes private houses, schools, banks, office buildings, and churches. This was the last in the series.
Modern Cottages and Villas. A Series of Designs for Small Houses Costing from £150 to £1000. Edited by Hugh B. Philpott. London: “Illustrated Carpenter & Builder”, 1908
The first in a series of three books containing drawings, photographs, specifications and plans of recent house and bungalow designs that originally appeared in Illustrated Carpenter & Builder. The other volumes were published in 1914 and 1930. This volume includes houses designed by E. Guy Dawber, Horace Field, Howarth & Coslett, Harry Peter Hing, and others
Modern Cottages, Villas and Bungalows. A second series of Designs for Country and Suburban houses costing from £150 to £1,500 to build. Edited by Hugh B. Philpott. London: John Dicks Press Ltd., 1914
The second in a series of three books containing drawings, photographs, specifications and plans of recent house and bungalow designs that originally appeared in Illustrated Carpenter & Builder. The other volumes were published in 1908 and 1930. This volume includes over 100 houses designed by 36 architects and architectural firms including, C.F.A. Voysey, E. Guy Dawber, William Curtis Green, Ernest Newton, Parker & Unwin, and J. Gordon Allen.
The Modern Home. Edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906
A companion to The British Home of To-day (1904), and Flats, Urban Houses and Cottage Homes (1907), also edited by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Together these three books provide probably the best survey of British domestic architecture and decorative and applied art at the beginning of the twentieth century. The list of architects and designers whose work is featured in this volume reads like a who's who of the Arts and Crafts movement. It includes C.F.A. Voysey, Edwin Lutyens, Alexander Fisher, Walter Crane, C.R. Ashbee, Sidney Barnsley, M.H. Baillie Scott, Heywood Sumner, Allan Vigers, etc.
Modern Houses & Bungalows. Edited by Hugh B. Philpott. London: John Dicks Press Ltd., 1930
The third in a series of three books containing drawings, photographs, specifications and plans of recent house and bungalow designs that originally appeared in Illustrated Carpenter & Builder. The previous volumes were published in 1908 and 1914. This volume contains designs C.F.A. Voysey, J. Gordon Allen, Edgar Lucas, Barry Parker, and Oliver Law.
Modern English Houses and Interiors. Edited by Charles Holloway James and Francis Rowland. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1925
A photographic survey of contemporary middle-class houses in Britain designed by 30 architects and architectural firms including E. Guy Dawber, Clough Williams-Ellis, Oliver Hill, Leslie Mansfield, H. Brantwood Maufe, H.S. Goodhart Rendel, Louis de Soissons, Philip Tilden, and Adams, Holden & Pearson
Modern Small Country Houses. Edited by Roger Smithells. London: Country Life, 1936
A comprehensive survey of contemporary British domestic architecture. 48 houses are discussed. Includes work by Tecton, Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, F.R.S. Yorke, Marian Pepler and R. D. Russell, Guy Morgan, Baillie Scott and Beresford, George Checkley, Stanley Hamp, Howe & Lescaze, Oliver Hill, Thomas Tait, A. E. Powell, and Amyas Connell
Morand, Dexter. The Monumental & Commercial Architecture of Great Britain of the Present Day. Volume One. London: John Tiranti, 1928
The first volume of a two-volume work on recent British commercial and monumental architecture. Ten projects are discussed: Atkinson’s Scent Shop in London, by E. Vincent Harris; Liberty & Co.’s store (East India House) in London, by E.T. & E.S. Hall; Ashburne Hall, University of Manchester, by Thos. Worthington & Sons; School of Bio-Chemistry, Cambridge University, by Sir Edwin Cooper; Lazard’s Bank in London, by Gunton & Gunton and A.V. Heal; District Bank in London, by Francis Jones and Dalrymple; Friends House in London, by Hubert Lidbetter; Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion Cinema in London, by Frank T. Verity; Britannic House in London, by Sir Edwin Lutyens; and Adelaide House in London, by Sir John Burnet & Partners. The book contains photographs, plans and elevations of each building.
Morand, Dexter. The Monumental & Commercial Architecture of Great Britain of the Present Day. Volume Two. London: John Tiranti, 1930
The second volume of a two-volume work on recent British commercial and monumental architecture. Seven projects are discussed: Marlborough College Memorial Hall in Marlborough, by W.G. Newton; Ideal House in London, by Gordon Jeeves and Raymond Hood; Courtaulds in London, by L. Sylvester Sullivan; Imperial Chemicals House in London, by Sir Frank Baines; Empire Theatre in London, by Thomas W. Lamb and Frank Matcham & Co.; Olympia in London, by Joseph Emberton; and the Playhouse in Windsor, by Robert Cromie. The book also includes a supplement containing photographs and plans of 33 new banks designed Gotch & Saunders, Mewes & Davis, John Burnet & Partners, Niven & Wigglesworth, James Miller, James & Rutherford, E. B. Maufe, Grayson & Barnish, Whinney, Son & Austen Hall, F. C. R. Palmer, S. Rowland Pierce, Francis Jones, Louis de Soissons, Tubbs, Son & Duncan, T. M. Wilson, and Horace Field. The book contains photographs, plans and elevations of each building.
Muthesius, Hermann. Das Englische Haus. Band I: Entwicklung. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1908
Das Englische Haus [The English House] is one of the most comprehensive contemporary surveys of the British Arts and Crafts movement as applied to architecture, Interior design and furniture. It was written by the German architect Hermann Muthesius (1861-1927) and published in Berlin in three volumes in 1904-05. In 1896 Muthesius was appointed cultural attaché at the German Embassy in London, a post he held for eight years. During his tenure he travelled widely throughout Britain and observed the work of the country’s architects and designers at first-hand, striking up friendships with a number of them. In volume one of Das Englische Haus he traces the evolution of British house design culminating in the Arts and Crafts style; volume two looks at the layout and construction of the contemporary British house; and in the final volume he focuses in detail on the interior design of these houses. The work is extensively illustrated with examples of designs by the leading figures in the Arts and Crafts movement including William Morris, C. R. Ashbee, C.F.A. Voysey, Charles Rennie Macintosh, M.H. Baillie Scott, etc.
Muthesius, Hermann. Das Englische Haus. Band II: Anlage und Aufbau. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1910
Volume two of Das Englische Haus looks at the layout and construction of the contemporary British house
Muthesius, Hermann. Das Englische Haus. Band III: Der Innenraum. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1910
In volume three of Das Englische Haus, Muthusius focuses in detail on the interior design of the contemporary British house.
Muthesius, Hermann. The English House 3 vols. London: Francis Lincoln Limited, 2007
A full English translation of the three volumes of Das Englische Haus.
Muthesius, Hermann. Die neuere kirchliche Baukunst in England. Entwicklung, Bedingungen und Grundzüge des Kirchenbaues der Englischen Staatskirche und der Secten. Berlin, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn 1901
A detailed and extensively illustrated survey of late nineteenth-century English church architecture. Architects whose work is discussed include George Gilbert Scott, Richard Norman Shaw, George Edmund Scott, John Loughborough Pearson, William Burges, John Dando Sedding, Henry Wilson, William Butterfield, George Frederick Bodley, Thomas Garner, James Brooks, Hubert James Austin, and Henry Anderson Paley. Muthesius primarily focuses on Anglican churches, however, churches and chapels of the various Protestant Nonconformist denominations are also discussed at length [Text in German. Not yet translated into English]
Nicholl, James Domestic Architecture in Scotland. Aberdeen: Daily Journal Offices, 1908
A survey of recent domestic architecture by 30 Scottish architects and architectural practices including Honeyman, Keppie, & Mackintosh, R.S. Lorimer, Salmon & Son & Gillespie and John James Burnet. The book is illustrated with photographs and plans of each building.
Osley, Julian. Built for Service: Post Office Architecture. London: The British Postal Museum & Archive, 2010
This is the first book to be written specifically on the design of British post office buildings and their architects
Perks, Sydney Residential Flats of All Classes, Including Artisans' Dwellings. London: B.T. Batsford, 1905
The main focus of the book is on flats in Britain, however, it also includes a chapter on foreign flats. The author, Sydney Perks (1864-1944), was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) was Surveyor to the Corporation of the City of London from 1905 to 1931. The book is illustrated with examples of his own work and that of Richard Norman Shaw, Alfred Waterhouse, R.A. Briggs, Arthur Beresford Pite, Ernest George & Peto, Ernest George & Yeates, John D. Clarke & Septimus Warwick, and T.E. Collcutt & Stanley Hamp.
Pevsner Architectural Guides
The Pevsner Architectural Guides were conceived by the architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) in the mid-1940s and launched in 1951. The aim of the guides is to record and document the most significant buildings in the British Isles and Ireland. The series initially covered the Buildings of England, county-by-county. Following the success of this series, the project was extended to cover Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Subsequently, a series of Guides to individual cities were added to the project.
Each volume contains an introductory overview of the architecture of the area covered, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically by place. They are also comprehensively indexed and contain a number of illustrations.
Since their original publication, each of the Guides have been regularly updated. The Guides were originally published by Penguin Books. Since 2003 they have been published by Yale University Press. The Buildings of England series consists of 52 titles; The Buildings of Scotland series consists of 13 titles; the Buildings of Wales series consists of 7 titles; the Buildings of Ireland consists of 5 titles; and the City Guilds consists of 10 titles.
For further information about the Pevsner Architectural Guides see: Yale University Press, Wikipedia, and The Buildings of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales: a Short History and Bibliography by Bridget Cherry and John Newman (London: Penguin Collectors' Society, 1998)
Phillips, Randal R. The £1,000 House. London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1924
A survey of recent well-designed British houses that have cost no more than £1,000 to build by R. Randal Phillips, editor of ‘Homes and Gardens’. It includes houses designed by Gertrude Leverkus, Thomas Alwyn Lloyd, Faith Brooke and Oswald P. Milne.
Phillips, Randal R. The Book of the Bungalow. London: Country Life, 1920
The author discusses the design and construction of bungalows. A wide range of examples of which are illustrated including designs by Clough Williams-Ellis, Raymond Unwin, Hendry & Schooling, G. Blair Imrie, and Leonard Martin.
Phillips, Randal R. The Modern English House. London: Country Life, 1927
A survey of contemporary English domestic architecture. Architects whose work is represented in the book include C. F. A. Voysey, Clough Williams-Ellis, Edgar Wood, Ernest Gimson, Oliver Hill, H.S. Goodhart-Rendal, Ernest Newton, Baillie Scott and Beresford, W. R. Lethaby, and E. L. Lutyens.
Phillips, Randal R. Small Country Houses of To-day. Volume Three. London: Country Life, 1920
The third volume in the series of “Small Country Houses of To-day” published by Country Life. The first two volumes were written by Lawrence Weaver. This volume “carries on the scheme of the others, which is to illustrate and to describe houses of a kind that meet the present-day needs, houses not over-costly to build, planned to give convenient service, and equipped in a manner that saves labour” [Preface]. Forty houses are discussed and illustrated in the book. Among architects whose work is featured include E. Guy Dawber, Sir Ernest Newton, Patrick Abercrombie, Walter H. Brierley, and P. Morley Horder.
Phillips, Randal R. Small Family Houses. London: Country Life, 1924
36 examples of small family houses are discussed including properties designed by Baillie Scott & Beresford, Hennell & James, Imrie & Angell, and John D. Clarke.
Powers, Alan. Modern. The Modern Movement in Britain. London and New York: Merrell, 2005
A survey of British architecture in the 1930s. The core of the book explores the careers of nearly sixty of the most influential architects and practices active between the two World Wars. The book is arranged alphabetically by architect/practice, each entry includes a discussion of their training and influences, and an overview of the subject as a whole, focusing on their major projects.
Powers, Alan. The Twentieth Century House in Britain from the Archives of Country Life. London: Aurum Press Ltd., 2004
A survey of 'Modern' architecture in Britain based on examples that appeared in Country Life magazine between 1920 and 1990.
Recent English Domestic Architecture 1929. Edited by Hubert de Cronin Hastings. London: Offices of The Architectural Press, 1929
A review of recent houses by English architects which originally appeared in the December 1928 issue of Architectural Review. An eclectic selection of projects which range in style from Tudor, Jacobean, Georgian and late generation Arts and Crafts to the uncompromising 'Modernism' of Le Chateau, a house in Silver End Village, Essex by Thomas S. Tait of Sir John Burnet & Partners. Other architects whose work is discussed in the book include Baillie Scott & Beresford, E. Guy Dawber, H.S. Goodhart Rendel, Oliver Hill, Thomas Tait, Basil Ionides, and C.H. James
Recent English Domestic Architecture [Volume 1] 1908. Edited by Mervyn E. Macartney. London: Offices of "The Architectural Review", 1908
The first in a series of annual reviews of contemporary English [British] domestic architecture published by The Architectural Review. Among architects and architectural firms whose projects are featured in this issue are Ernest Newton, Walter Cave, R. S. Lorimer, Charles Spooner, C.F.A. Voysey, and Charles Harrison Townsend
Recent English Domestic Architecture [Volume 2] 1909. Edited by Mervyn E. Macartney. London: Offices of "The Architectural Review", 1909
The second in a series of annual reviews of contemporary English [British] domestic architecture published by The Architectural Review. Among architects and architectural firms whose projects are featured in this issue are Ernest Newton, Walter Cave, E. Guy Dawber, R. S. Lorimer, Ernest Newton, Raymond Unwin, Barry Parker, C.H.B. Quennell, Edgar Wood and Maxwell Ayrton.
Recent English Domestic Architecture [Volume 3] 1910. Edited by Mervyn E. Macartney. London: Offices of "The Architectural Review", 1910
The third in a series of annual reviews of contemporary English [British] domestic architecture published by The Architectural Review. Among architects and architectural firms whose projects are featured in this issue are Walter Cave, E. Gay Dawber. H. S. Goodhart-Rendel, George Jack, R. S. Lorimer, E. L. Lutyens, Ernest Newton, C.H.B. Quennell, and Charles Spooner.
Recent English Domestic Architecture [Volume 4] 1911. Edited by Mervyn E. Macartney. London: Offices of "The Architectural Review", 1911
The fourth in a series of annual reviews of contemporary English [British] domestic architecture published by The Architectural Review. Among architects and architectural firms whose projects are featured in this issue are Ernest Newton, E. Guy Dawber, Patrick Abercrombie, Raymond Unwin, Barry Parker, Edgar Wood, C.H.B. Quennell, C.F.A. Voysey, W.A.S. Benson, and H.S. Goodhart-Rendel.
Recent English Domestic Architecture [Volume 5] 1912. Edited by Mervyn E. Macartney. London: Offices of "The Architectural Review", 1912
The fifth in a series of annual reviews of contemporary English [British] domestic architecture published by The Architectural Review. Among architects and architectural firms whose projects are featured in this issue are Ernest Newton, E. Guy Dawber, Reginald T. Blomfield, H. S. Goodhart-Rendel, E. L. Lutyens, Clough Williams-Ellis, C.H.B. Quennell, R.S. Lorimer, Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin
Rees, Verner Owen. The Plan Requirements of Modern Buildings. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1931
Discusses the plan requirements of 25 building types: abattoirs, art galleries, baths, crematoria, cinemas, concert halls, collegiate buildings, churches, farm buildings, flats, factories, hospitals and sanatoria, hotels, houses, law courts, libraries, museums, municipal buildings, office buildings, public houses, railway stations, schools, science buildings, theatres, university buildings. Mainly British buildings are discussed, but some foreign examples are also included. Includes examples of buildings designed by Graham Richards Dawbarn, Denman & Son, Sir John Burnet & Partners, Sir Edwin Cooper, Sir Edwin Lutyens, etc. The author, Verner Owen Rees (1886-1966), trained as an architect at the Royal Academy Schools and Architectural Association in London. He practised as an architect in London from the 1920s and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1931. and was President of the Architectural Association in 1938-39.
Reilly, C. H. Representative British Architects of the Present Day. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1931
Profiles of twelve of the leading architects working in Britain by C. H. Reilly, Roscoe Professor of Architecture, University of Liverpool, and Director of the Liverpool School of Architecture,
Robson, Philip A. Architecture as a Career. A Manual for Aspirants & Students of Either Sex. London: B.T. Batsford, 1929
Written by a practising architect and Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, this was the first
comprehensive guide for those considering entering the architectural profession. It includes chapters on full-time recognised architectural schools; ateliers and evening schools; training abroad; open prizes for
architectural students; books recommended for students; equipment needed; a list of examinations
recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects, etc.
Rogers, John Charles. Modern English Furniture. London: Country Life. 1930.
A survey of recent work by English furniture design. It mainly includes examples of work by the second generation of Arts and Craft architects and designers, particularly those associated with the Cotswold School, such as Ernest Gimson, Peter van der Waals, Ernest Barnsley, Sidney Barnsley, and Gordon Russell.
Seaside Houses and Bungalows. Edited by Ella Carter. London: Country Life, 1937.
A survey of contemporary British seaside houses and bungalows. Among architects and architectural firms whose work is featured include Lubetkin and Tecton, Kininmonth & Spence, Connell, Ward & Lucas, Maurice Chesterton, Alliston & Drew, Erich Mendelsohn, Serge Chermayeff, Anthony Chitty, and Louis de Soissons.
Service, Alistair. The Architects of London and their buildings from 1066 to the present day. London: The Architectural Press; New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1979.
Contains biographies of 38 architects associated with London, with details of the principal projects
Service, Alastair. Edwardian Architecture. A Handbook to Building Design in Britain 1890-1914. London: Thames & Hudson, 1977
Contains details of major projects by the leading architects active during the years 1890-1914.
Sharples, Joseph, Powers, Alan and Shippobottom, Michael. Charles Reilly & the Liverpool School of Architecture 1904-1933. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 25 October 1996 - 2 February 1997. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996
Contains profiles of 46 Liverpool-trained architects represented in the exhibition.
The Small English House. A Catalogue of Books. Edited by Priscilla Wrightson. London: B. Weinreb Books Ltd., 1977
A detailed, annotated and illustrated catalogue of over 660 books of books on English architecture published between 1740 and 1976 offered for sale by the London bookseller B. Weinreb. The catalogue is divided into five parts: Part I. The Builders' Pattern Books 1740-1800; Part II. Cottages and Villas 1780-1840; Part III. The Victorians 1830-1900; Part IV. The Twentieth Century 1900-76; Part V. The History of the Small House. One of the best sources on the literature of the subject.
Small Houses £500-£2,500. Edited by H. Miles Wright. London: The Architectural Press, 1938
A survey of nearly 80 recently-built, architect-designed houses ranging in price from £500 to £2,500. It includes photographs, plans and specifications of each house. Among architects whose work is featured in the book include E. Maxwell Fry, Hugh Casson, Clough Williams-Ellis, Scoot Shepherd & Breakwell, Connell Ward & Lucas, Gerald Lacoste, F. R. S. Yorke, and Edward Maufe.
Small Modern English Houses. First Series. Introduction by F. R. Yerbury. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1929
A photo survey of contemporary English architecture and interior and furniture design with a two-page introduction by F. R. Yerbury. Includes work by H. S. Goodhart-Rendel, Serge Chermayeff, Ambrose Heal, Betty Joel, Denham Maclaren, Gordon Russel, Peter van der Waals. A second series was never published.
The Smaller House. Being Selected Examples of the Latest Practice in Modern English Domestic Architecture. London: The Architectural Press, 1924
A survey of recent architect-designed low- to medium-cost houses built in England. Among the 47 architects whose work is featured are Clough Williams-Ellis, E. Guy Dawber, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Darcy Braddell, H.S. Goodhart-Rendel, Basil Oliver, Charles Cowles-Voysey, Oliver Hill, Barry Parker and Louis de Soisson
Stamp, Gavin. The English House, 1860-1914: The Flowering of English Domestic Architecture London: University Of Chicago Press, 1986
A detailed illustrated survey of British domestic architecture in the late nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century, covering a wide range of styles and building types from picturesque cottages to Romantic manor houses. The book contains specially commissioned photographs by André Goulancourt.
Stamp, Gavin and Amery, Colin. Victorian Buildings of London 1837-1887: An Illustrated Guide London: The Architectural Press, 1980
The guide identifies and describes over one hundred significant buildings in London dating from the first 50 years of the Victorian period. The survey reviews a wide range of building types including museums, railway stations, commercial and educational buildings and churches. The individual buildings are placed in their social and architectural context and the evolving architectural styles and the social developments which produced them are discussed. The book is comprehensively indexed and contains a list of the architects and their principal buildings in London.
Villa and Cottage Architecture: Select examples of Country and Suburban Residences recently erected with a full descriptive notice of each residence. London: Blackie & Son, 1868
Detailed description with drawings, plans and specifications, of 33 recently-built British cottages and villas. Among architects whose work is included are J.T. Rochead, John Gordon, H.A. Darbishire, A. & G. Thomson, J.C. Walker, E. B. Lamb, George Truefitt, R. Thornton Shiells, H.E. Kendall Junr., David Cousin, Ewan Christian, Hine & Evans, Banks & Barry, H. J. Paul, Oliver Ayliffe, and Speakman & Charlesworth
Weaver, Lawrence. The “Country Life” Book of Cottages Costing from £150 to £600. London: Country Life, 1913.
Discusses the design and construction of cottages. The focus is primarily on low-cost houses for the rural community. The influence of the Arts and Crafts movement is evident in many of the cottages featured in the book. Among architects whose work is illustrated are M.H. Baillie Scott, C.R. Ashbee, Raymond Unwin, Edwin Lutyens, Reginald Blomfield, Sir Robert Lorimer, Clough Williams-Ellis, Lionel Crane, and Ernest Gimson
Weaver, Lawrence. The Country Life Book of Cottages. London: Country Life, second edition, revised and enlarged, 1919
A revised and enlarged edition of a book first published in 1913 as The "Country Life" Book of Cottages Costing from £150 to £600 [also digitized by this database]. The author discusses the design and construction of cottages. Unlike the first edition, the emphasis is less on low-cost housing, but covers a wide range of values. The influence of the Arts and Crafts movement is evident in many of the cottages featured in the book. Among architects whose work is illustrated are Edwin L. Lutyens, Clough Williams-Ellis, Raymond Unwin, Ernest Gimson, H.S. Goodhart- Rendel, Halsey Ricardo, Sidney Barnsley, M.H. Baillie Scott, William Curtis Green, R.S. Lorimer, C.R. Ashbee and Maxwell Ayrton.
Weaver, Lawrence. The House and its Equipment. London: Country Life, 1911
Published as a companion to the author's book The Small Country House of To-day. “In the former book the aim was to consider each house as a definite architectural conception. Though six of its chapters were given to the description of old buildings which had been repaired and altered to meet new conditions and needs, the design of new houses received the lion's share of consideration. The scheme of the present volume is altogether different, though the aim is the same, viz., to enlarge the healthy interest, already widespread, in all questions that concern the practical equipment and decorative amenities of the house.” [Introduction]. Contributors include Lawrence Weaver, Ernest Newton, Halsey Ricardo, C.H.B. Quennell, Gertrude Jekyll, Inigo Triggs, J. Starkie Gardner and H. Avery Tipping.
Weaver, Lawrence. Small Country Houses of To-day. London: Country Life, 1910
The first edition of what was to become a three-volume work on modern English country house architecture published by Country Life. Forty-six houses by 45 architects and architectural firms are featured in this volume including C.F.A. Voysey, Ernest Barnsley, M. H. Baillie Scott, Edwin Lutyens, W. R. Lethaby, Charles Spooner, Walter Cave, Edgar Wood, Philip Webb, and C.H.B. Quennell.
Weaver, Lawrence. Small Country Houses of To-day. Volume One. London: Country Life, third edition, revised, 1922
The third edition of the first volume of a three-volume work on modern English country house architecture originally published by Country Life in 1910. Forty-nine houses by 37 architects are featured in this volume, the first of which is The Red House by Philip Webb. In his Preface Weaver explains he has chosen to place this house by Webb in the forefront “in order to mark my growing conviction of the immense influence he has exercised on the quality, though not the form, of the work of to-day”. Other architects whose work is discussed in this volume include Ernest Barnsley, Horace Field, Detmar Blow, E. Guy Dawber, William Curtis Green, W. R. Lethaby, Halsey Ricardo, M.H. Bailie Scott, C.F.A. Voysey, Walter Cave, Ernest Newton, Mervyn Macartney and Edgar Wood.
Weaver, Lawrence. Small Country Houses of To-day. Volume Two. London: Country Life, third edition, revised, 1922
The second edition of the second volume of a three-volume work on modern English country house architecture published by Country Life. This edition contains a review of the work of 36 architects, only six of which appeared in the first edition. The houses are arranged according to the traditions which inspired them. This ranges from simpler vernacular work through to the 'Modernist' tendency. Architects whose work is featured include Edwin L. Lutyens, Ernest Gimson, Robert S. Lorimer, M.H. Baillie Scott, Sir Reginald Blomfield, Clough Williams-Ellis, and R.S. Goodhart Rendel.
Weaver, Lawrence. Small Country Houses. Their Repair & Enlargement. London: Country Life, 1920
The first book to focus on the architecture and design of village contemporary clubs and halls. Most of the buildings illustrated and discussed in the book tend to be in the traditional vernacular Arts & Crafts style. Architects include Ernest Barnsley, E. Guy Dawber, Norman Jewson, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Ernest Newton, Charles Spooner, Clough Williams-Ellis, and F.W. Troup.
Weaver, Lawrence. Village Clubs and Halls. London: Country Life, 1920
The first book to focus on the architecture and design of village contemporary clubs and halls. Most of the buildings illustrated and discussed in the book tend to be in the traditional vernacular or Arts & Crafts style. Architects include Ernest Barnsley, E. Guy Dawber, Norman Jewson, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Ernest Newton, Charles Spooner, Clough Williams-Ellis, and F.W. Troup
Who's Who in Architecture 1914. London: Technical Journals Ltd., 1914
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1923
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926
An indispensable source of biographical information on British architects active in the three years the Who’s Who was published. Contains architects’ year of birth; where educated and trained; practice details; principal projects; and publications. Also includes profiles of the schools of architecture and architectural and related institutions in the UK.
The three volumes have been digitised by AHRnet. For further information see: AHRnet
Woodhouse, Lawrence. British Architects, 1840-1976. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1978
A guide to research sources on British and pre-Independence Irish architecture 1840-1976. It includes an annotated bibliography of architects active during these years.
The Year's Art. London: Macmillan & Co., etc., 1880-1947
Subtitled “A concise epitome of all matters relating to the arts of painting, sculpture, and architecture, which have occurred during the year . . . Together with information respecting the events of the year”, the Year’s Art is an indispensable source of intelligence on late nineteenth and early twentieth-century art and architecture n Britain and Ireland. Each volume is crammed full of data on the activities of art museums, art schools, and societies, sale rooms, etc. It also includes a directory of artists and art workers with their addresses and where they exhibited each year; obituary notices; and an annual review of the art world, including art in the USA, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and elsewhere in Europe.
Yorke, F.R.S. The Modern House in England. London: The Architectural Press, 1937
The author briefly documents the development of the Modern movement in British architecture from the late nineteenth century and then focuses on 49 representative examples of Modernist houses built in England between 1934 and 1937. He includes houses designed by E. Maxwell Fry, Marjorie Tall, Christopher Nicholson, Wells Coates, Mendelsohn and Chermayeff, Elizabeth Benjamin, Lubetkin and Tecton, Connell, Ward & Lucas, Mary B. Crowley, Raymond McGrath. Oliver Hill, Howe & Lescaze, and Charlotte Bunney