House in the country: where our suburbs and garden cities came from and why it's time to leave them behind
Auteur :
Matthews, Simon
Éditeur :
Oldcastle Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780857304957
Date de publication :
30 juin 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,3 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (UK)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
For nearly 150 years living in a house in the country has been what many of us aspire to. This book explores how this idea was imported from the US by Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement, the impact it has had in the UK and why, on cost and environmental grounds, it's time to move on from this approach....