Critic Mark Lamster says a new monograph on photographer Wayne Thom is spurring an appreciation of the formerly disdained.

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It is easy to dismiss the 1970s as “the decade that taste forgot”. But to do so would be to overlook the decade’s contributions in architecture, furniture design and interior decorating. After all, with the Bad and the Ugly there is usually some Good.

From woodland retreats to Brutalist concrete abodes, world-renowned architects have flexed their creative muscles when designing homes.