100 21st Century Buildings achieves something quite difficult: it provides a list of a hundred worthy and highly regarded buildings while contextualising them with punchy reviews and erudite, contrasting essays. It records the buildings that might later become heritage, while exposing the difficulty of making that judgment in today’s world.

Batsford Books have championed 20th-century heritage through their publications in association with the Twentieth Century Society for over a decade. In that time, their books have come to provide useful first drafts of history and significance in relation to a number of building ages and types that otherwise might go under appreciated. Initially led by the late Elain Harwood, the yellow bound Post-War Listed Buildings is an iconic must-reference for any heritage professional or architect seeking to place post-war buildings within their context.