Author: GLENDINNING, Miles & Stefan MUTHESIUS
Title: Tower Block - Modern Public Housing in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Description: New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 1994. 29 x 22 cm. vii,[1],430 pp. Clothbound with dustjacket. Illustrated in b/w and colour. - 'In this book they blame the current public opinion for the condemnation and the problems tower blocks currently face and remind us that these structures were once seen as one of the greatest triumphs of the postwar Welfare State and of the social functionalism of Modern architecture. The two authors aim to create a more balanced attitude towards Tower Blocks in the United Kingdom with the use of this book. Tower Block is a detailed analysis and history of Modern public housing from post-World War II to the mid 1960s' - [Review: MA Architecture + Urbanism / Justina Job] - Top edge slightly soiled, otherwise a good copy

Keywords: 0300054440


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