Concretopia : a journey around the rebuilding of postwar Britain /
By: Grindrod, John.
Publisher: London : Old Street Publishing, 2013Description: 440 p. : ill., plates ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781906964900; 9781906964900:; 1906964904; 9781908699893; 1908699892.Subject(s): Architecture and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | City planning -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 720.103 Summary: Was Britain's postwar rebuilding the height of mid-century chic or the concrete embodiment of crap towns? John Grindrod decided to find out how blitzed, slum-ridden and crumbling austerity Britain became, in a few short years, a space-age world of concrete, steel and glass. What he finds is a story of dazzling space-age optimism, ingenuity and helipads - so many helipads - tempered by protests, deadly collapses and scandals that shook the government.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes index.
Was Britain's postwar rebuilding the height of mid-century chic or the concrete embodiment of crap towns? John Grindrod decided to find out how blitzed, slum-ridden and crumbling austerity Britain became, in a few short years, a space-age world of concrete, steel and glass. What he finds is a story of dazzling space-age optimism, ingenuity and helipads - so many helipads - tempered by protests, deadly collapses and scandals that shook the government.