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Loading... Model Estate (Routledge Revivals): Planned Housing at Quarry Hill, Leeds (edition 2013)by Alison Ravetz
Work InformationModel Estate (Routledge Revivals): Planned Housing at Quarry Hill, Leeds by Alison Ravetz
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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, this book is unique in its use of all estate records from conception to destruction, as well as in its comprehensive approach, including aspects usually missing in council housing studies - notably the intimate experience of residents, and a fraught, long-drawn-out building period. Ravetz argues that the Flats' 'failure' was due not to social breakdown, as repeatedly alleged, but rather to a rigidity of design and management unable to accommodate gradual, incremental change. This has continuing implications for the operation of bureaucratically designed and controlled 'social housing' today. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)363.50942819Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Other social problems and services Housing History, geographic treatment, biography Europe England and WalesLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |