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Focusing on innovative urban design, this book explores a groundbreaking collective housing initiative in Camden during the 1960s and 1970s. A team of architects moved away from traditional tower blocks, opting instead for high-density, low-rise structures that emphasized street-level accessibility and community. The work highlights the significance of these architectural choices and their implications for contemporary urban planning, offering valuable lessons for future developments.
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Cook's Camden, Mark Swenarton
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Cook's Camden
- Subtitle
- The Making of Modern Housing
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Swenarton
- Publisher
- Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 328
- ISBN13
- 9781848222045
- Category
- Architecture and Urbanism
- Description
- Focusing on innovative urban design, this book explores a groundbreaking collective housing initiative in Camden during the 1960s and 1970s. A team of architects moved away from traditional tower blocks, opting instead for high-density, low-rise structures that emphasized street-level accessibility and community. The work highlights the significance of these architectural choices and their implications for contemporary urban planning, offering valuable lessons for future developments.