Alternative Visions of Post-War Reconstruction

Creating the modern townscape

• Author(s): John Pendlebury, Erdem Erten, Larkham Peter,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 274
• ISBN_10: 1317698649
  ISBN_13: 9781317698647
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Landscape , Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning , Science / Environmental Science , Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development ,

Description:...

The history of post Second World War reconstruction has recently become an important field of research around the world; Alternative Visions of Post-War Reconstruction is a provocative work that questions the orthodoxies of twentieth century design history.

This book provides a key critical statement on mid-twentieth century urban design and city planning, focused principally upon the period between the start of the Second World War to the mid-sixties. The various figures and currents covered here represent a largely overlooked field within the history of 20th century urbanism.

In this period while certain modernist practices assumed an institutional role for post-war reconstruction and flourished into the mainstream, such practices also faced opposition and criticism leading to the production of alternative visions and strategies. Spanning from a historically-informed modernism to the increasing presence of urban conservation the contributors examine these alternative approaches to the city and its architecture.