Stevenage - Pioneering New Town Centre

This book charts the history of the town centre of Britain's first new town - Stevenage - looking at its planning, development, design influences, significance and survival. The town centre area, with its pioneering and influential pedestrian shopping precinct, was designed and planned from 1945 and largely complete by the early 1960s.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Emily Cole, author and architectural historian at Historic England.

Elain Harwood is an architectural historian with Historic England and expert in Second World War English architecture.

Zusammenfassung

This book charts the history of Stevenage new town centre, looking at its planning, development, design influences, significance and survival. The historic market town of Stevenage was the first location to be designated for major expansion under the New Towns Act 1946, making it Britain's first post-war new town.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Emily Cole, Emily (Historic England (United Kingdom)) Cole, Emily (Historic England (United Kingdom)) Ed Cole, Emily (Historic England) Cole, Emily (Historic England) Edward James Cole, Edward James
• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781800855991
• ISBN: 978-1-80085-599-1
• Seiten: 176
• Serie: Informed Conservation
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur