Here is the antidote to all those overlarge vanity-published monographs of architects for whom building is not enough, and early publication seemingly essential. This series of illustrated softbacks sums up posthumously the careers of some of the best post-war British architects, none of them superstars. True, Hidalgo 'Jacko' Moya of Powell & Moya produced an enduring icon in the Skylon at the 1951 Festival of Britain, but this was an exception in the practice's work.rnThe practices covered in the first three volumes - along with the imminent fourth on Aldington Craig and Collinge by Alan Powers - could in fact be described as 'good ordinary'. They were not the Smithsons or Stirling, Lubetkin or Lasdun. They quietly did excellent work and while hardly revolutionary were generally much more progressive than most of their peers. Thus this series - a collaboration with English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society - says more about the state of British architecture of the time than more headline-grabbing stuff.
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机译：这是对那些过分虚荣的大型出版的专着的解毒剂，这些专着对建筑而言还不够，早期出版似乎必不可少。一系列带插图的软装总结了一些战后英国最好的建筑师的职业生涯，其中没有一个是超级巨星。诚然，鲍威尔（Powell＆Moya）的Hidalgo'Jacko'Moya在1951年英国电影节上在Skylon上制作了一个持久的偶像，但这是该实践工作的一个例外。 Alan Powers的Aldington Craig和Collinge-实际上可以说是“好普通人”。他们不是史密森一家，斯特灵，鲁贝特金或拉斯敦。他们默默地做着出色的工作，而几乎没有革命性的人比大多数同龄人进步得多。因此，该系列-与英国遗产和20世纪协会的合作-比当时更多的标题文章更能说明当时的英国建筑状况。
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