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Terms and conditions applyMobilising Housing Histories: Learning from London's Past
Peter Guillery and David Kroll
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Format: Book
Pages: 320
Publisher: RIBA Publishing
Date Published: Mar 2017
Stock Code: 86033
ISBN: 9781859466315
Binding: Paperback
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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.
The foreword is by Owen Hatherley and the preface by Andrew Saint, with introductory chapters by Peter Guillery and David Kroll.
Contributors:
- Ben Campkin
- Irina Davidovici
- Richard Dennis
- Tanis Hinchcliffe
- Simon Hudspith
- Simon Pepper
- Sofie Pelsmakers
- David Roberts
- Colin Thom
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Julia Park, Levitt Bernstein
Sometimes personal, sometimes poetic, Mobilising Housing Histories is beautifully written and immaculately timed. As London faces a monumental housing challenge, policymakers would do well to read it...While the concept of 'home' remains sublimely simple, delivering good housing seems harder than ever. This book makes it a little easier.
Professor Jerry White
As London's housing problem builds once more to crisis proportions, these intelligent reflections on the capital's housing past offer much food for thought. In particular, the historic role of private enterprise, housing associations and the local state – with successes and failures on all sides – point up the perils of a piecemeal response to the housing issue.
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