A captivating exploration of Britain's most iconic contemporary buildings, from the Barratt home to the Millennium Dome.

Wimpey homes. Millennium monuments. Riverside flats. Wind farms. Spectacular skyscrapers. City centre apartments. Out of town malls. The buildings designed in our lifetimes encapsulate the dreams and aspirations of our culture, while also revealing the sobering realities. Whether modest or monumental, they offer a living history of Britain, symbols of the forces that have shaped our modern landscape and icons in their own right.

Iconicon is an enthralling journey around the Britain we have created since 1980: the horrors and delights, the triumphs and failures. From space-age tower blocks to

suburban business parks, and from postmodernist exuberance to Passivhaus eco-efficiency, this is at once a revelatory architectural grand tour and an endlessly witty and engaging piece of social history.

本书从邦瑞房地产到千年穹顶，探索了英国非常具有代表性的当代建筑。

温佩房屋建筑公司、千年纪念碑、河滨公寓、风力发电场、摩天大楼、城市中心公寓、市外购物中心。这些建筑封装了文化的梦想和愿望，同时也揭示了清醒的现实。不管是朴素的还是不朽的，它们都提供了一部活生生的英国历史，是塑造现代景观的力量的象征，也是它们自身的标志。

这是一个令人着迷的旅程，围绕着自1980年以来创造的英国：恐怖和乐趣，胜利和失败。从太空时代的塔楼到郊区的商业园区，从后现代主义的繁荣到被动式建筑的生态效率，这既是一次启示性的建筑大旅行，也是一部无尽的诙谐和吸引人的社会历史。