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 during the pandemic. The tours focus on architectural gems like Langham House Close and Trellick Tower, which were once dismissed as ugly or totalitarian but are now being reappraised. The series has sold over 40,000 copies across 30 issues, covering London, Cambridge, Berlin, Brussels, and Paris. The guides are deliberately low-tech, printed in two-tone ink with dense text, offering an antidote to Instagram-era tourism. The article notes that interest in post-war architecture has risen amid Britain's housing shortage, as people look to the ambitious rebuilding efforts of the post-war era for inspiration. It also contrasts traditionalist critiques of modernism with the architects' focus on functionality and human needs.