Concretopia : A Journey around the Rebuilding of Postwar Britain
2013, First Edition. Brecon, Powys : Old Street Publishing. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457458
Physical description: [6], 440, [18] pages ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction; Part 1: So different, so appealing: The temporary building programme and prefabs (1944-1951); Garden cities and the first new towns (1946-51); The Festival of Britain on London's South Bank (1951); Rebuilding blitzed Plymouth and Coventry (1940-62); Herts, minds and brutalism (1949-54). Part 2: Shake it up baby now: Glasgow and comprehensive redevelopment (1957-65); Sheffield and streets in the sky (1957-61); Shopping and driving in Birmingham and the Elephant and Castle (1959-65); Newcastle-upon-Tyne and system building (1959-69); Colonel Seifert's office blocks and the Post Office Tower (1956-75); Span and the private sector dreams of New Ash Green (1957-1972); Cumbernauld and the second wave of new towns (1955-72). Part 3: No future: Tower block highs and lows (1968-74); Protest and preservation (1969-79); Uncovering the lies at the heart of the boom (1966-77); Milton Keynes, the last new town (1967-1979); The late flowering of the Barbican and the National Theatre (1957-81). Epilogue. Subjects: Architecture - Great Britain - History - 20th century. City planning - Great Britain - History - 20th century. New towns - Great Britain - History - 20th century. Brutalism (Architecture) - Great Britain. Urban renewal - Great Britain - History - 20th century. Reconstruction (1939-1951) - Great Britain.
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