PP/16/2/23/4/53 - Flats for the Moderns: furniture as part of building. The Observer, 8/7/34

Reference code

PP/16/2/23/4/53

Level of description

Item

Title

Flats for the Moderns: furniture as part of building. The Observer, 8/7/34

Date/s

1934

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Press cuttings

Scope and content

The article describes the new generation as not wanting homes to become "possessions and encumbrances", but a place to live in, which is incidental to one's life and not as something which dominates one's life. The "minimum flat" is described with its mainly built-in furniture and services.

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/16 - Lawn Road Flats (Isokon Lawn Road Limited), and the Windsor, Manchester and Birmingham Flat Schemes
  - PP/16/2 - Lawn Road Flats. Publicity & promotion, mainly 1933-1955
    - PP/16/2/23 - Lawn Road Flats. Publicity & Promotion: Opening Ceremony, 9/7/34
      - PP/16/2/23/4 - Lawn Road Flats. Publicity & Promotion: Opening Ceremony, Press cuttings, 9/7/34
        PP/16/2/23/4/53 - Flats for the Moderns: furniture as part of building. The Observer, 8/7/34

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