Cook's Camden : the making of modern housing /
By: Swenarton, Mark.
Publisher: London : Lund Humphries, 2017Description: 327 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781848222045; 9781848222045:; 1848222041.Subject(s): Cook, Sydney | Architecture, Domestic -- London -- 20th century | Architecture, Domestic -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | Row houses -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | Planned communities -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | Camden (London, England) -- Buildings, structures, etcDDC classification: 728.3120942142 SWE Summary: In the 1960s and 1970s, a team of leading architects established a new type of collective housing in the London Borough of Camden. In place of tower blocks, they created a high-density, low-rise urbanism, based on a return to streets with front doors. This book examines this programme and shows how it offers important lessons and insights for the design of collective housing today.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the 1960s and 1970s, a team of leading architects established a new type of collective housing in the London Borough of Camden. In place of tower blocks, they created a high-density, low-rise urbanism, based on a return to streets with front doors. This book examines this programme and shows how it offers important lessons and insights for the design of collective housing today.