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Terms and conditions applySaltaire: The Making of A Model Town
Neil Jackson, Jo Lintonbon and Bryony Staples
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Format: Book
Pages: 257
Publisher: Spire Books
Date Published: May 2010
Stock Code: 72717
ISBN: 9781904965213
Binding: Hardback
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This ground-breaking study analyses the building of Saltaire, the famous model town in West Yorkshire. Now a World Heritage Site, it was designed to provide mill-workers housing and is a superb example of enlightened urban planning, created during a 24-year building programme.
The authors follow its development through seven building phases and sixteen building contracts, explaining the principles which guided the urban layout and the various house designs. By comparing Saltaire with earlier factory towns and considering its 19th-century architectural context, they describe the design decisions taken and the implications of those choices. They reveal for the first time that the hierarchies apparent in the architecture were the result of the design process and should not be seen as a reflection of the towns social structure.
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