Tower Block
| Author | : Miles Glendinning |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0300054440 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780300054446 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (446 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tower Block by : Miles Glendinning
Download or read book Tower Block written by Miles Glendinning and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, the most urgent reconstruction problem in these islands was in the field of public housing, and the opportunity presented itself to create innovative buildings and to finally abolish slums. Everyone, including the slum-dwellers, united behind the plan to build new dwellings as quickly as possible. In this book Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius tell the story of a great adventure of building and explain the architectural and political ideas that lay behind it.
