How One Wealthy Brit in 1930 Imagined the Home of 2030 Share Filed to:2030 adal jolsonbritish mpscovent gardenf e smith 1st earl of birkenheadfrederick edwin smithhouse of commons of the united kingdomknights bachelorthe jazz singerthe metropolitan operawinston churchill A page from Earl of Birkenhead's 1930 book The World in 2030 A.D. (Graphic: Angelica Alzona) What will homes of the year 2030 look like? They might feature revolutionary technology or they might be just too smart and terrifying. But those are all relatively new predictions, for the most part. What did people of 100 years ago imagine for the houses of 2030? Looking back at century-old archives of particular origins predictably turns up a mixed bag of techno-optimism and blatant bigotry.