This book tells the story of the Isokon building from its beginnings to the present, examining in depth the work, artistic networks and legacy of Bauhaus artists during their time in Britain. Its stories encompass design and architecture, but also war, sex, death, espionage and infamous dinner parties. Isokon resident Agatha Christie appears alongside Charlotte Perriand, then working in Le Corbusier's studio, whom Jack Pritchard commissioned to design a pavilion in 1930.
 
 
 
Beautifully illustrated with archival photographs, many previously unseen, the book includes work by photographer and Soviet spy Edith Tudor-Hart, as well as plans, sketches, menus, postcards and letters from the Pritchard family archive.
 
 
 
In spring 2018, the Isokon building and Breuer, Gropius and Moholy-Nagy were honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque. The Bauhaus centenary in 2019 makes the book a timely celebration of European design.