Elain Harwood is one of the UK's foremost architectural historians. Working as a Senior Investigator with Historic England, her research has contributed to the listing of many 20th century buildings. She is the author of several books for Batsford including Art Deco Britain, Mid-Century Britain and England's Post-war Listed Buildings, and won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion for her book Space Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture 1945–1975. She also gives lectures and leads architectural tours – including cycling ones – for the 20th Century Society. She lives in London.

‘Both a clear statement of the historical importance of these buildings and a fresh insight, supported by some excellent photography, into their aesthetic qualities.’Building DesignJenny Marris‘Harwood makes a pressing case for [the Brutalist] era’Edwin Heathcote

Elain Harwood is one of the UK's foremost architectural historians. Working as a Senior Investigator with Historic England, her research has contributed to the listing of many 20th century buildings. She is the author of several books for Batsford including Art Deco Britain, Mid-Century Britain and England's Post-war Listed Buildings, and won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion for her book Space Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture 1945–1975. She also gives lectures and leads architectural tours – including cycling ones – for the 20th Century Society. She lives in London.

‘Both a clear statement of the historical importance of these buildings and a fresh insight, supported by some excellent photography, into their aesthetic qualities.’Building DesignJenny Marris‘Harwood makes a pressing case for [the Brutalist] era’Edwin Heathcote

Elain Harwood is one of the UK's foremost architectural historians. Working as a Senior Investigator with Historic England, her research has contributed to the listing of many 20th century buildings. She is the author of several books for Batsford including Art Deco Britain, Mid-Century Britain and England's Post-war Listed Buildings, and won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion for her book Space Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture 1945–1975. She also gives lectures and leads architectural tours – including cycling ones – for the 20th Century Society. She lives in London.

‘Both a clear statement of the historical importance of these buildings and a fresh insight, supported by some excellent photography, into their aesthetic qualities.’Building DesignJenny Marris‘Harwood makes a pressing case for [the Brutalist] era’Edwin Heathcote