Tours of British post-war housing are a quiet hit
The article reports on the growing popularity of 'Perambulations', a series of self-guided walking tours of British post-war modernist housing, created by graphic designer Stefi Orazi. Starting as a pandemic project, the series has sold over 40,000 copies across 30 issues, covering properties in London, Cambridge, Berlin, Brussels, and Paris. The tours highlight architectural gems like Langham House Close by James Stirling and James Gowan, Trellick Tower by Erno Goldfinger, and works by Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. The guides are deliberately low-tech, printed in two-tone ink with dense text, offering an antidote to Instagram-era tourism. The article notes a broader rehabilitation of post-war architecture, driven by concerns over Britain's housing shortage and a renewed appreciation for the era's ambitious building projects.
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