1st Edition

Model Britain The Architectural Models of Twentieth Century Dreams

By David Lund Copyright 2025
226 Pages 19 Color & 113 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 19 Color & 113 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 19 Color & 113 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Throughout the twentieth century architectural models served as the miniature playgrounds in which the future of Britain’s built environment was imagined, and in drawing from the evidence provided by those models today, this book considers how architects, planners, and civil engineers thought about that future by presenting a history of yesterday’s dreams of tomorrow, told through architectural... Read more

Introduction

1. Place

2. Home

3. Work

4. Leisure

5. Citizenship

6. Transport

Conclusion: Model Futures

Biography

David Lund is Senior Lecturer in Modelmaking at Arts University Bournemouth, UK.