Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: 1970-designed four-floor house in Antrim Grove, Belsize Park, London

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I've got this dream that one day, when I have some more money to my name, I'll go house hunting and find a house with an interior straight out of Terence Conran's The House book ('70s version) – just stuck in time, with all the furnishings of the era intact. I might have found that house online, with this 1970-designed four-floor house in Antrim Grove, Belsize Park, London

From the outside, you can tell it's a bit quirky and very much of its era, the kind of place you'd imagine featuring in a 70s cult TV series. Inside, it's even more so, with some great examples of period furnishings.

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Categories / Women's Fashion

60s-style Milano Jersey Dress at Promod

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The sale are still going strong – and this 60s-style Milano Jersey Dress at Promod currently has a healthy discount.

Bringing a touch of swinging London (circa 1960s) to your wardrobe, this fitted dress is offered up in two shades of brown with twin patch pockets that feature contrasting buttons and a length of around 82cm.

More images on the site, with a price of just £17, down from around £34.

Find out more at the Promod website

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: Grade II-listed three-bedroom Frank Lloyd Wright-style property in Solihull, West Midlands

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Hidden away in the Midlands is a grade II-listed midcentury property – this three-bedroom Frank Lloyd Wright-style property in Solihull, West Midlands.

It's a bizarre house, at least in terms of the interior and what we can see of the exterior. It was apparently built in the late 50s and has been listed due to its 'distinctive architectural style'. It's also only been up for sale once since being built. Until now that it.

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For sale: 1960s midcentury four-bedroomed house in Bishop’s Stortford, Herts

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It's a house that looks better on the inside than out, at least, according to the images we've seen – but this 1960s midcentury four-bedroomed house in Bishop's Stortford, Herts is certainly architecturally important and of course, on the market right now.

It's lack of striking exterior is actually down to the design. The work of Cambridge-based practice Lyster, Grillet & Harding in the late 1960s, this single-storey house is situated on an elevated site, with a large garage / storage space at street level and a designer set of stairs with an overhead canopy, taking you to the terrace, the gardens and the main house.

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For sale (at a reduced price): Cameron’s house in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, located in Highland Park, Illinois, USA

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Remember this? Of course you do, this is Cameron's house (aka the 'Ferrari House') from John Hughes' 80s teen classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We featured it when the house went up for sale back in 2009 and said back then, if we had the money, we would be all over it. Well, according to Gizmodo, the economic slowdown seems to have hit the luxury property market, so the money required to buy this midcentury gem in Highland Park, Illinois, USA is much less than it was back then.

As you undoubtedly recall, this glass and steel construction was owned by the parents of Cameron Frye and housed the infamous Ferrari, which Cameron and Ferris used to get around town during that 'day off'. That's not included in the sale (it was sold last year) – but you'll find the garage, which is capable of holding up to three cars, classic or not.

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For sale: Peter Moiret-designed terrace house in The Hamlet, Champion Hill, London SE5

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Not the most instantly eye-catching house we've ever featured, but this Peter Moiret-designed terrace house in The Hamlet, Champion Hill, London SE5 is certainly architecturally significant and ripe for a renovation.

A mid-terrace house, it's located on what is described as 'one of London's most desirable modernist developments' – a collection of 32 dwellings designed by Peter Moiret that all overlook a communal green, as well as being located on a peaceful hilltop site surrounded by trees, but still within easy reach of central London.

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