Mobilising housing histories : learning from London's past /

"The problem of creating affordable, adequate housing for a growing population is not a new one. This book, aimed at anyone with a professional or personal interest in improving housing provision everywhere, aims to inspire by offering in-depth studies of London's housing past and seeks to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Guillery, Peter (Editor ), Kroll, David (Writer on housing) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : RIBA Publishing, [2017]
Temas:
1800-1999
Housing > England > London > History > 19th century.
Housing > England > London > History > 20th century.
ARCHITECTURE / General
Housing.
England > London.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Owen Hatherly
  • Preface / Andrew Saint
  • Introduction / David Kroll
  • Historical overview / Peter Guillery
  • Urban design in Victorian London : the Minet estate in Lambeth, c. 1870 to 1910 / David Kroll
  • 'Miles of silly little diry houses' : the lessons of Victorian Battersea / Colin Thom
  • Renewable principles in Henry Astley Darbishire's Peabody estates, 1864 to 1885 / Irina Davidovici
  • Residential flats : densification in Victorian and early twentieth-century London / Richard Dennis
  • South Acton unsustained / Peter Guillery
  • Gentrification : the case of Canonbury, 1850-1975 / Tanis Hinchcliffe
  • High-rise housing in London, c. 1940 to c. 1970 / Simon Pepper
  • 'We felt magnificent being up there' : Ernö Goldfinger's Balfron Tower and the campaign to keep it public / David Roberts
  • Out-of-sync estates / Ben Campkin
  • Recent approaches to the sustainable retrofit of Victorian houses / Sofie Pelsmakers and David Kroll
  • Lessons of the past for my architectural practice / Simon Hudspith.

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