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Model Estate (Routledge Revivals) - Planned Housing at Quarry Hill, Leeds (Paperback)
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Model Estate (Routledge Revivals) - Planned Housing at Quarry Hill, Leeds (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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Quarry Hill Flats, once both the pride and shame of its city of
Leeds, was an iconic Modernist symbol of the 1930s. It marked the
first use of a prefabricated building system for a large-scale
council estate, replacing a notorious slum. But it lasted barely a
generation - its complete demolition was announced as Alison Ravetz
was finishing this study. First published in 1974, this book is
unique in its use of all estate records from conception to
destruction, as well as in its comprehensive approach, including
aspects usually missing in council housing studies - notably the
intimate experience of residents, and a fraught, long-drawn-out
building period. Ravetz argues that the Flats' 'failure' was due
not to social breakdown, as repeatedly alleged, but rather to a
rigidity of design and management unable to accommodate gradual,
incremental change. This has continuing implications for the
operation of bureaucratically designed and controlled 'social
housing' today.
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