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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Housing Manual 1949 (part one)
In Britain in 1944, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Works published a Housing Manual in preparation for post-war reconstruction. The manual contained information on the planning and layout of homes and was intended for the guidance of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, High density, Terraced homes
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Homes for Today and Tomorrow: more on the Parker Morris standards
“…changes in the way in which people want to live, the things which they own and use, and in their general level of prosperity, and perhaps the greater informality of home life, make it timely to re-examine the kinds of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
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