Housing the twentieth century nation
By: edited by Elain Harwood and Alan Powers.
Contributors: Harwood, Elain.; Powers, Alan, 1955-; Twentieth Century Society (London, England)
Series: Twentieth century architecture -- 9; Twentieth century architecture (Twentieth Century Society (London, England)) -- 9.
Publisher: Twentieth Century Society
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780955668708
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain; Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Public housing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; City planning -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Architecture and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176).
Table of contents: title: Homes for heroes : local authority housing in rural Norfolk, 1918-1923 / Barbara Linsley -- Housing happenings in Somers Town / Roland Jeffery -- Lancelot Keay and Liverpool's multi-storey housing of the 1930s / Matthew Whitfield -- 'Work collectively and live individually' : the Bata housing estate at East Tilbury / Joanna Smith -- Themes and sources for public housing in Wales / Judith Alfrey -- Neurath, Riley and Bilston, Pasmore and Peterlee / Elain Harwood -- Sense, sensibility, and tower blocks : the Swedish influence on post-war housing in Britain / Peter Carolin -- Roehampton housing / John Partridge -- The water gardens, 'an underrated corner of the capital' / Chris Whittaker -- Cluster homes : planning and housing in Cumbernauld New Town / Miles Glendinning -- Byker : surprising the colleagues for 35 years, a social history of Ralph Erskine's Arkitektkontor AB in Newcastle / Michael Drage -- Estate regeneration in practice : the Mozart Estate, Westminster, 1985-2004 / Jonah Lowenfeld -- Select housing bibliography.