Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: alison ravetz

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  • REMAKING CITIES (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ALISON RAVETZ
    This book, published in 1980, is an iconoclastic account of one of the pillars of the welfare state, British town and country planning, between 1945 and 1975. Always a fine balance between central control and market forces, it was challenged by strains within and between the environmental professions and protest by people dispossessed or alienated by re-shaped urban environment...

    $1,120.00

  • MODEL ESTATE (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ALISON RAVETZ
    Quarry Hill Flats, once both the pride and shame of its city of Leeds, was an iconic Modernist symbol of the 1930s. It marked the first use of a prefabricated building system for a large-scale council estate, replacing a notorious slum. But it lasted barely a generation – its complete demolition was announced as Alison Ravetz was finishing this study. First published in 1974, t...

    $1,120.00

  • THE GOVERNMENT OF SPACE (ROUTLEDGE REVIVALS)
    ALISON RAVETZ
    Britain’s planning system began as ‘town and country planning’ to repair the ravages of unplanned industrialism and promote ideal environments for the future. Steering a course between left and right, public control and for-profit development, it survived successive booms and busts, broadening to include new concerns like ecology, conservation and community participation. By th...

    $780.00

  • THE PLACE OF HOME
    ALISON RAVETZ / PROFESSOR ALISON RAVETZ / R. TURKINGTON
    A comprehensive and in-depth history of the 20th century English home, how it has been created, and how it works for people. It focuses on the various influences bearing on the development of domestic space since 1914 and covers both design and housing policy. Current debates from participation to co-operative housing are examined and several themes not previously brought toget...

    $1,320.00

  • COUNCIL HOUSING AND CULTURE
    ALISON RAVETZ
    Named one of the Top 10 books about council housing - the Guardian online Born of idealism, and once an icon of the Labour movement and pillar of the Welfare State, council housing is now nearing its end. But do its many failings outweigh its positive contributions to public health and wellbeing? Alison Ravetz here provides the first comprehensive and apolitical history from wh...

    $1,460.00