New town urbanity : theory and practice in housing design at Harlow

This study investigates how the concept of 'urbanity' was defined, developed and applied to the design of housing in British post-war New Towns. A number of modernist architects, particularly Sir Frederick Gibberd, considered 'urbanity' to be a visual town-like quality. Such conc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manley, Christine Hui Lan
Published: Glasgow School of Art 2014
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.700300