Building Democracy is a major contribution to the growing public
debate about the revival of community values in the face of the
self-evident short-comings of the free market, specifically in
terms of community architecture. Providing a historical context and
an authoritative account of a movement that is proving surprisingly
extensive and enduring, the book also examines the relevance of the
approach to today's social and environmental problems, particularly
in the inner cities.
Community architecture was promoted in the early 1980s as the
achievement of a handful of pioneering architects finding new ways
of working with groups of ordinary people, to help them develop
their own homes and community facilities. Building Democracy
records the achievements of this movement and analyzes its
contribution in addressing the problems of inner cities. Beginning
with the origins of the urban question in the industrialization of
the 19th century, the book goes on to look at the large-scale urban
redevelopment of the 1960s - the latest and most concerted attempt
to remodel Victorian cities, and on to community action, from which
grew new approaches to design, development and construction.
This book is of practical value to planners, architects,
surveyors and landscape designers concerned with socially relevant
design, as students or professionals. It will also be of interest
to many people in the voluntary sector and in local government.
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