A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain / Owen Hatherley.
Published / Created:
London ; Verso, 2010.New York : Verso, 2010.
Physical Description:
xxxv, 369 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-356) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction : the change we see -- Southampton : terminus city -- Milton Keynes : Buckinghamshire alphaville -- Nottingham : the banality of aspiration -- Sheffield : the former socialist republic of South Yorkshire -- Manchester : so much to answer for -- Tyneside : from Brasilia to Baltic -- Glasgow : looking for the future in all the wrong places -- Cambridge : silicon fences -- The West Riding : instead of a supercity -- Cardiff : manufacturing a capital -- Greenwich : estuarine enclaves -- Liverpool : exit.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Political aspects -- Great Britain. | Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century. | Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. | Urban renewal -- Government policy -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007.