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First published in 2014 and now redesigned and updated in a brand-new edition, its glorious photography is accompanied by insightful texts from a range of expert architectural writers including Alan Powers, Owen Hatherley, and Rowan Moore, along with several longer essays on different aspects of the 20th-century built environment: Gavin Stamp on the inter-war decades, Elain Harwood on post-war architecture, and Timothy Brittain-Catlin on post-modernism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe huge range of landmark buildings featured in this book includes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stately De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumble wartime prefabs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrutalist housing at the Barbican\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Outram’s colorful 80s Isle of Dogs pumping station\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe groundbreaking Eden Project in Cornwall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand many more. 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