A fascinating new book from The Modernist, Cabin Crew focuses on the work of awardwinning Welsh modernist architects Hird & Brooks who specialised in Scandinavian-styled homes but also in beautifully designed holiday cabins deep in the countryside of Wales and Scotland which took inspiration from their trips to Denmark where they took several study trips to examine the national summerhouse architecture.
Plenty of these cabins remain in situ and a few are even still available to rent. The book looks at the main players in the firm, using its archive of images, letters, and brochures to tell the story, and also includes plenty of photos of what the cabins look like today in Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and Argyll. It also looks at other impressive holiday cabin's such as Le Corbusier's.
It's written by writer and photographer Peter Halliday, archaeologist and teacher Bethan Dalton (who owns two Hird & Books cabins), graphic designer Lizzie Biggs, and London gallery exhibitions assistant Jessica Halliday.
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