Mobilising Housing Histories: Learning from London's Past for a Sustainable Futu

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This book, for 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.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

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.

Author Biography

Peter Guillery is an architectural historian and editor for the Survey of London, the topographical series founded in 1894, now part of the Bartlett School of Architecture. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and serves on the committees of the Centre for Metropolitan History and the London Journal.David Kroll is an architect with experience in professional practice, academic teaching and research. He is a lecturer in architecture at the University of South Australia and has held lecturing positions at the University of East London, University of Kent and Anglia Ruskin University. 

Table of Contents

Foreword - Owen HatherleyPreface - Andrew SaintIntroduction - Peter Guillery and David KrollChapter 1: Urban Design in Victorian London: TheMinet Estate in Lambeth 1870 to c. 1910 - David KrollChapter 2: Miles of Silly Little Dirty Houses: The Lessons of Victorian Battersea - Colin ThomChapter 3: Renewable Principles in H A Darbishire's Peabody Estates 1864-1885 - Irina DavidoviciChapter 4: ResidentialFlats: Densification in Victorian and Early 20th-Century London - Richard DennisChapter 5: South Acton Unsustained - Peter GuilleryChapter 6: High Social Housing in London c.1940-1970 - Simon PepperChapter 7: 'We feltmagnificent being up there': Ern' Goldfinger's Balfron Tower and the campaignto keep it public - David RobertsChapter 8: Out-of-Sync Estates - Ben CampkinChapter 9: Gentrification: The Case of Canonbury - Tanis HinchcliffeChapter 10: Victorian Houses: Recent Approaches to Sustainable Retrofit - Sofie Pelsmakers and David Kroll

Long Description

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. "

Details ISBN1859466311 Author David Kroll Publisher RIBA Publishing Year 2017 ISBN-10 1859466311 ISBN-13 9781859466315 Format Paperback Imprint RIBA Publishing Subtitle Learning from London's Past for a Sustainable Future Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1956 DEWEY 720.9421 Media Book Pages 256 Short Title Mobilising Housing Histories Language English Publication Date 2017-03-01 AU Release Date 2017-03-01 NZ Release Date 2017-03-01 UK Release Date 2017-03-01 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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