Picker House is a remarkable late 1960s modernist home specifically designed to accommodate a significant international collection of modern and contemporary painting and sculpture‎.‎ Situated on the outskirts of London‎,‎ in Kingston upon Thames‎,‎ it is a rare surviving example of a spacious and progressive late modern house and garden that remains unaltered‎.‎ Designed by the British modernist architect Kenneth Wood in 1965‎,‎ for the businessman Stanley H‎.‎ Picker ‎(‎1913‎-1982‎)‎‎,‎ it still retains its period interior decor‎,‎ contemporary furnishings acquired through the then recently established Terence Conran Group‎,‎ and the distinctive art collection of its owner ‎- including works by Chagall‎,‎ Frink‎,‎ Hepworth‎,‎ Lowry‎,‎ Rodin and many more ‎- which was an integral part of its conception‎.‎ Based on previously unpublished material and photographs‎,‎ this heavily illustrated publication brings together leading researchers in their respective fields who examine in depth every aspect of this unique place‎.‎