Holford : a study in architecture, planning and civic design

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Holford : a study in architecture, planning and civic design

Gordon E. Cherry and Leith Penny

(Studies in history, planning, and the environment)

Mansell, 1986

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"An Alexandrine Press book."

Bibliography: p. 258-289

Includes index

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Description

Through a biography of this major architect, planner and civic designer, the authors provide a fascinating analysis of the developments in British architecture and planning from the 1930's to the 1970's.

Table of Contents

Part One: The making of an architect. Prologue. Liverpool. Italy. Part Two: A promising career. Liverpool again. Architecture writ large. Part Three: The new planning. Reconstruction. The ministry of town and country planning. Part Four: Principles and practice. Making plans. Testing times. Part Five: A very public life. The committee man. The architect and his office. The latter days. Part Six: Holford in pespective. A backward glance. Notes. Index.

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