The Castles on the Ground
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The Castles on the Ground

The Anatomy of Suburbia

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eBook - ePub

The Castles on the Ground

The Anatomy of Suburbia

About this book

'There is the puzzle which it is the purpose of this book to try to elucidate. On the one hand, we have the alleged deficiencies of suburban taste; on the other we have the appeal it holds for ninety out of a hundred Englishmen, an appeal which cannot be explained away as some strange instance of mass aberration...'

Sir James Richards (1907-1992), editor of the Architectural Review for 34 years, was arguably the leading advocate in Britain for the modern movement in architecture. The Castles on the Ground (1946) constitutes Richards' argument for and appreciation of the virtues of the built environment and the architectural aesthetic of suburbia. Concise and elegantly phrased, the volume is further blessed with superb illustrations by John Piper.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780571281602

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. INTRODUCTION: 1973 : The more things change …
  5. 1 : The Englishman’s Home
  6. 2 : A Landscape from Within
  7. 3 : The Anatomy of Suburbia
  8. 4 : Another Man’s Poison
  9. 5 : The Voice of the School Teacher
  10. 6 : The Origin of the Species
  11. 7 : Compactness Above All
  12. 8 : This Desirable Residence
  13. Plates
  14. Copyright