This house epitomises the strong bond between architect and client. It was designed by Trevor Dannatt for the Cambridge professor and historian Peter Laslett, and is preserved in remarkable original condition.

Dannatt’s career spans the entire British experience of Modernism. As a young architect he studied under Peter Moro, then later worked on the Royal Festival Hall and collaborated with Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew. He subsequently built around the world as a partner in Dannatt Johnson Architects. Throughout his life he has also written, curated and edited, overseeing ‘The Architect’s Year Book’ for a decade and a half, amongst many other publications and exhibitions. His affiliation with many of the leading contemporary architects and artists of the post-war era is evident in the rich combination of material, form and light.

Photography: French + Tye

Our From the Archive series takes excerpts and images from ‘The Modern House‘ by Jonathan Bell, Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill – a publication written and produced to celebrate our 10th anniversary. Produced in 2015, this book offers our own distinctive snapshot of what it means to live in a modern way in Britain.