ABSTRACT
Once the Second World War ended, rebuilding began on a massive scale.
Much of London had been demolished or was in ruins. Architects were in
demand. And with the election of a Labour government, there was a partic-
ular commitment to finding better solutions to social housing. Between the
end of the war and 1969, more than four million public dwellings were built,
and social housing represented some fifty-nine per cent of all new housing in
that period. In November 1945, Ernö wrote to his brother George:
I have a tremendous amount of work to do and hope to have even
more in the near future. Building has been at a standstill for the last
four years, and there is heaps to be done. There is a Government
which seems to mean business.1
