Elain Harwood was the historian at Historic England responsible for its post-war research and listing programme. Her publications on the subject include England's Post-war Listed Buildings and Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture 1945–1975 and many articles for Twentieth-Century Architecture, the journal of the Twentieth Century Society. She was also the co-editor of 100 Buildings 100 Years, 100 Houses 100 Years and 100 Churches 100 Years.