Mobilising housing histories : learning from London's past

Guillery, Peter, (editor.). Kroll, David (Writer on housing), (editor.).

Summary: "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 provide sustainable solutions for the future by linking to wider contemporary historical and social contexts. This book will influence today's housing debates through showcasing lessons from the past and highlights examples that inform the present. The buildings assessed in these case studies will be measured in terms of their longevity, sustained popularity, livability, average densities and productivity. The research and case studies from the book provide an invaluable resource for academics of architecture, urban design, sociology, history and geography as well as professionals, policy makers and journalists."--

Record details

ISBN: 1000702111
ISBN: 9781000702118
ISBN: 1000701883
ISBN: 9781000701883
ISBN: 1000702340
ISBN: 9781000702347
ISBN: 1859466311
ISBN: 9781859466315
ISBN: 042934614X
ISBN: 9780429346149
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 234 pages ): illustrations, maps.
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Publisher: London : RIBA Publishing, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.