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A history of British homes - Sarah Beeny
From the first Georgian townhouses to back-to-back Victorian terraces - and from 1960s towerblocks to sprawling modern estates - British homes have changed their shapes and sizes, and changed with the times, through the past 250 years.
In a new exhibition - A Place to call Home: Where we live and why - the Royal Institute of British Architects studies the way housing was adapted to meet the needs of a growing population entering the modern age.
Here, guest curator of the exhibition, property developer and television presenter Sarah Beeny, takes a journey through time.
Continue reading the main storyA Place to call Home: Where we live and why - can be seen at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, until 28 April 2012.
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Music courtesy KPM Music, and also features theme to Brookside. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 16 February 2012.
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