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Author Cherry, Gordon Emanuel

Title Holford : a study in architecture, planning and civic design / Gordon E. Cherry and Leith Penny
Published London ; New York : Mansell, 1986

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 293 pages) : illustrations, portrait
Series Studies in history, planning, and the environment
Studies in history, planning, and the environment.
Contents Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Prologue; 2. Liverpool; 3. Italy; 4. Liverpool Again; 5. Architecture writ Large; 6. Reconstruction; 7. The Ministry of Townand Country Planning; 8. Making Plans; 9. Testing Times; 10. The Committee Man; 11. The Architect and his Office; 12. The Latter Days; 13. A Backward Glance; Notes; Index
Summary Through a biography of this major architect, planner and civic designer, the authors provide a fascinating analysis of the developments in British architecture and planning from the 1930's to the 1970's
Analysis Architectural design Holford, William - Critical studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-289)
Notes Print version record
Subject Holford, William Graham Holford, Baron, 1907-1975
SUBJECT Holford, William Graham Holford, Baron, 1907-1975 fast
Subject City planners -- Great Britain -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planners
Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author Penny, Leith
LC no. 85017207
ISBN 0203973151
9780203973158
9786610242290
6610242291