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House in the Country: Where Our Suburbs and Garden Cities Came From...

by Simon Matthews - £19.99  Oldcastle Books Ltd (2022)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780857304957 | ISBN 10: 085730495x

For nearly 150 years, living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it's time to move on from this approach.
 
House in the Country examines the developments in urban planning and residential architecture from 1815 to the present day and considers the legacy of Howard's garden city movement in twenty-first century Britain.
 
An accessible and informative introduction, House in the Country presents a richly detailed narrative containing much historical, social and cultural commentary as well as interviews with key figures in this field.

(Price & availability last checked: June 2022)

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