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Informationen zum Autor Helena Chance is Reader in History and Theory of Design at Buckinghamshire New University Klappentext This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical, focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices. Zusammenfassung This book aims to explore the designed landscapes associated with factories and corporations in the UK and US created since the industrial revolution. It is largely historical! focusing on the period between 1890 and 1930 but it comes right up to date with initiatives such as secret gardens and vegetable allotments at the London Google offices. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. 'The pleasant manufactory'2. From model factory to modern factory3. 'The Factory in a Garden'/'The Garden in a Factory'4. 'Happy healthy workers are the world's best': factory landscapes, leisure and the model employee5. Designing the company Arcadia6. 'The Most Beautiful Factory in the World': the power of the garden image7. Factory gardens and parks: profits or perks?8. From factory gardens to 'connected gardens'Select gazetteer: company gardens and parks, c. 1750- c. 1960 and offices and office parks with significant landscaping, 1970-2015Index
