Alan Powers

Alan Powers (born 1955) is a British teacher, researcher and writer on twentieth-century architecture and design.

Early life

Powers was raised on the borders of

, gaining an undergraduate degree and a PhD.

Career

As a writer Powers has been prolific, writing reviews, magazine articles, obituaries of artists and architects and is author of more than twenty books. He has concentrated on 20th century

and the Twentieth Century Society.

Powers has curated several exhibitions, including "Modern Britain 1929–39" (

House of Illustration

, 2016–17), and "Enid Marx" (House of Illustration, 2018).

Powers was Professor of Architecture and Cultural History at the

independent scholar

.

Powers is Chairman of Pollock's Toy Museum Trust, London. He was Chair of the Twentieth Century Society 2007–2012, and remains involved in the Society's campaigns for education and conservation.

In 1982, he was elected as a member of the

) in recognition of his standing as one of the pre-eminent experts in the history of 20th-century architecture.

Powers has published his own illustrations in magazines, especially The Spectator during the 1980s, and regularly exhibited watercolours and prints, mostly of architectural or topographical subjects. A selection are gathered in the 2018 book Alan Powers, The Art of an Art Historian.

Selected works

• Taylor and Green, Architects 1938–1973: The Spirit of Place in Modern Housing, with
  ISBN 978-1898465218
• Living with Pictures, Sterling Publishing,
  ISBN 9781840002430
• Living With Books, Sterling Publishing,
  ISBN 9781402742125
• ISBN 9780670801756
• ISBN 978-1843591252
• ISBN 978-1859460757
  .
• ISBN 978-0-85667-567-6
  .
• Twentieth Century Houses in Britain: From the Archives of "
  ISBN 978-1-84513-012-1
  .
• ISBN 978-1-85894-255-1
  .
• Front Cover: Great Book Jacket and Cover Design,
  ISBN 978-1-84533-242-6
  .
• Britain: Modern Architectures in History,
  ISBN 978-1-86189-281-2
  .
• Art and Print: the Curwen Story,
  ISBN 978-1-85437-721-0
• Aldington, Craig and Collinge,
  ISBN 978-1-85946-302-4
• ISBN 978-095566-871-5
• British Murals and Decorative Painting 1920–1960, London 2014
  ISBN 978-1-908326-23-2
• A Musical Eye – The Visual World of
  ISBN 978-1-84383-886-9
• ISBN 978-1-84822-111-6
• 100 Years of Architecture, London 2016
  ISBN 978-1-78067-823-8
• ISBN 978-1-84822-182-6
• ISBN 978-1-84822-252-6
• Alan Powers, The Art of an Art Historian, Church Hanborough, 2018
  ISBN 978-0-9955570-6-2
• ISBN 978-0-50051992-9

References

1. ^ Archived link, University of Greenwich.
2. ^ London School of Architecture
3. ^ "Exhibition - Alan Powers - The Art of an Art Historian". Art Workers' Guild. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
4. ^ "r; teacher; leader for history and theory, London School of Architecture; author, Bauhaus Goes West". Battle of Ideas Festival. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

External links

• Information from the
  Art Workers Guild
• Alan Powers at archINFORM