Model Estate: Planned Housing at Quarry Hill, Leeds (Routledge Revivals)
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- Synopsis
- Quarry Hill Flats, once both the pride and shame of its city of Leeds, was an iconic Modernist symbol of the 1930s. It marked the first use of a prefabricated building system for a large-scale council estate, replacing a notorious slum. But it lasted barely a generation – its complete demolition was announced as Alison Ravetz was finishing this study. First published in 1974, this book is unique in its use of all estate records from conception to destruction, as well as in its comprehensive approach, including aspects usually missing in council housing studies – notably the intimate experience of residents, and a fraught, long-drawn-out building period. Ravetz argues that the Flats’ ‘failure’ was due not to social breakdown, as repeatedly alleged, but rather to a rigidity of design and management unable to accommodate gradual, incremental change. This has continuing implications for the operation of bureaucratically designed and controlled ‘social housing’ today.
- Copyright:
- 1974
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 252 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781135007102
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780415855921, 9780415855945, 9780203733226
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 05/09/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Alison Ravetz
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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