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Garden suburbs: added sentence re Bristol with link to contemporary study discussing garden suburbs
[td][[Raymond Unwin]], one of Howard's early collaborators on the [[Letchworth Garden City]] project in 1907, became very influential in formalizing the garden city principles in the design of suburbs through his work ''Town Planning in Practice: An Introduction to the Art of Designing Cities and Suburbs'' (1909).{{Sfn | Hall | 2002 | pp = 110β12}} The book strongly influenced the [[Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909]], which provided municipalities the power to develop urban plans for new suburban communities.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stern|first1=Robert A.M.|last2=Fishman|first2=David|last3=Tilove|first3=Jacob|title=Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City|date=2013|publisher=The Monacelli Press|isbn=978-1580933261|page=214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8...&pg=PA214#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Smaller developments were also inspired by the garden city philosophy and were modified to allow for residential "garden suburbs" without the commercial and industrial components of the garden city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/1593132 |title=Suburban Ideals on England's Interwar Council Estates |first=Matthew |last=Hollow |year=2011 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013081...n_Ideals_on_Englands_Interwar_Council_Estates |archive-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were built on the outskirts of cities, in rural settings. Some notable examples being, in London, [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]], the [[Conservation areas in Sutton, London#The Sutton Garden Suburb Conservation Area|Sutton Garden Suburb]] in [[Benhilton]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], [[Pinner]]'s Pinnerwood conversation area and the [[Romford Garden Suburb]] in [[Gidea Park]] and, in [[Liverpool]], [[Wavertree]] Garden Suburb. The Gidea Park estate in particular was built during two main periods of activity, 1911 and 1934. Both resulted in some good examples of domestic architecture, by such architects as [[Wells Coates]] and [[Berthold Lubetkin]]. Thanks to such strongly conservative local residents' associations as the Civic Society, both Hampstead and Gidea Park retain much of their original character.[/td]
[td]Smaller developments were also inspired by the garden city philosophy and were modified to allow for residential "garden suburbs" without the commercial and industrial components of the garden city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/1593132 |title=Suburban Ideals on England's Interwar Council Estates |first=Matthew |last=Hollow |year=2011 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013081...n_Ideals_on_Englands_Interwar_Council_Estates |archive-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were built on the outskirts of cities, in rural settings. Some notable examples being, in London, [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]], the [[Conservation areas in Sutton, London#The Sutton Garden Suburb Conservation Area|Sutton Garden Suburb]] in [[Benhilton]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], [[Pinner]]'s Pinnerwood conversation area and the [[Romford Garden Suburb]] in [[Gidea Park]] and, in [[Liverpool]], [[Wavertree]] Garden Suburb. The Gidea Park estate in particular was built during two main periods of activity, 1911 and 1934. Both resulted in some good examples of domestic architecture, by such architects as [[Wells Coates]] and [[Berthold Lubetkin]]. Thanks to such strongly conservative local residents' associations as the Civic Society, both Hampstead and Gidea Park retain much of their original character. In [[Bristol]] garden suburbs predominated in the interwar period for council housing. However, they were felt to have some drawbacks, including a lack of community feeling, higher transport / shopping costs and a lack of access to work.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Jevons |first=Rosamond |url=https://archive.org/details/jevons-madge-housing-estates/page/n13/mode/2up |title=Housing Estates: a Study of Bristol Corporation Policy and Practice Between the Wars |last2=Madge |first2=John |date=1946 |publisher=University of Bristol |location=Bristol |pages=19-21, 35-46 |chapter=The Estates: Garden Development}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td][[Bournville Village Trust]] in Birmingham, UK, is an important residential development which was associated with the growth of 'Cadbury's Factory in a Garden'. Here garden city principles are a fundamental part of the Trust's activity. There are tight restrictions applying to the properties here such as no stonewall cladding.{{cn|date=September 2021}}[/td]
[td][[Bournville Village Trust]] in Birmingham, UK, is an important residential development which was associated with the growth of 'Cadbury's Factory in a Garden'. Here garden city principles are a fundamental part of the Trust's activity. There are tight restrictions applying to the properties here such as no stonewall cladding.{{cn|date=September 2021}}[/td]
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[td][[Raymond Unwin]], one of Howard's early collaborators on the [[Letchworth Garden City]] project in 1907, became very influential in formalizing the garden city principles in the design of suburbs through his work ''Town Planning in Practice: An Introduction to the Art of Designing Cities and Suburbs'' (1909).{{Sfn | Hall | 2002 | pp = 110β12}} The book strongly influenced the [[Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909]], which provided municipalities the power to develop urban plans for new suburban communities.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stern|first1=Robert A.M.|last2=Fishman|first2=David|last3=Tilove|first3=Jacob|title=Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City|date=2013|publisher=The Monacelli Press|isbn=978-1580933261|page=214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8...&pg=PA214#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 12:10, 30 August 2025
[/td][td][[Raymond Unwin]], one of Howard's early collaborators on the [[Letchworth Garden City]] project in 1907, became very influential in formalizing the garden city principles in the design of suburbs through his work ''Town Planning in Practice: An Introduction to the Art of Designing Cities and Suburbs'' (1909).{{Sfn | Hall | 2002 | pp = 110β12}} The book strongly influenced the [[Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act 1909]], which provided municipalities the power to develop urban plans for new suburban communities.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stern|first1=Robert A.M.|last2=Fishman|first2=David|last3=Tilove|first3=Jacob|title=Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City|date=2013|publisher=The Monacelli Press|isbn=978-1580933261|page=214|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8...&pg=PA214#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Smaller developments were also inspired by the garden city philosophy and were modified to allow for residential "garden suburbs" without the commercial and industrial components of the garden city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/1593132 |title=Suburban Ideals on England's Interwar Council Estates |first=Matthew |last=Hollow |year=2011 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013081...n_Ideals_on_Englands_Interwar_Council_Estates |archive-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were built on the outskirts of cities, in rural settings. Some notable examples being, in London, [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]], the [[Conservation areas in Sutton, London#The Sutton Garden Suburb Conservation Area|Sutton Garden Suburb]] in [[Benhilton]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], [[Pinner]]'s Pinnerwood conversation area and the [[Romford Garden Suburb]] in [[Gidea Park]] and, in [[Liverpool]], [[Wavertree]] Garden Suburb. The Gidea Park estate in particular was built during two main periods of activity, 1911 and 1934. Both resulted in some good examples of domestic architecture, by such architects as [[Wells Coates]] and [[Berthold Lubetkin]]. Thanks to such strongly conservative local residents' associations as the Civic Society, both Hampstead and Gidea Park retain much of their original character.[/td]
[td]Smaller developments were also inspired by the garden city philosophy and were modified to allow for residential "garden suburbs" without the commercial and industrial components of the garden city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/1593132 |title=Suburban Ideals on England's Interwar Council Estates |first=Matthew |last=Hollow |year=2011 |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013081...n_Ideals_on_Englands_Interwar_Council_Estates |archive-date=2013-08-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were built on the outskirts of cities, in rural settings. Some notable examples being, in London, [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]], the [[Conservation areas in Sutton, London#The Sutton Garden Suburb Conservation Area|Sutton Garden Suburb]] in [[Benhilton]], [[Sutton, London|Sutton]], [[Pinner]]'s Pinnerwood conversation area and the [[Romford Garden Suburb]] in [[Gidea Park]] and, in [[Liverpool]], [[Wavertree]] Garden Suburb. The Gidea Park estate in particular was built during two main periods of activity, 1911 and 1934. Both resulted in some good examples of domestic architecture, by such architects as [[Wells Coates]] and [[Berthold Lubetkin]]. Thanks to such strongly conservative local residents' associations as the Civic Society, both Hampstead and Gidea Park retain much of their original character. In [[Bristol]] garden suburbs predominated in the interwar period for council housing. However, they were felt to have some drawbacks, including a lack of community feeling, higher transport / shopping costs and a lack of access to work.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Jevons |first=Rosamond |url=https://archive.org/details/jevons-madge-housing-estates/page/n13/mode/2up |title=Housing Estates: a Study of Bristol Corporation Policy and Practice Between the Wars |last2=Madge |first2=John |date=1946 |publisher=University of Bristol |location=Bristol |pages=19-21, 35-46 |chapter=The Estates: Garden Development}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td][[Bournville Village Trust]] in Birmingham, UK, is an important residential development which was associated with the growth of 'Cadbury's Factory in a Garden'. Here garden city principles are a fundamental part of the Trust's activity. There are tight restrictions applying to the properties here such as no stonewall cladding.{{cn|date=September 2021}}[/td]
[td][[Bournville Village Trust]] in Birmingham, UK, is an important residential development which was associated with the growth of 'Cadbury's Factory in a Garden'. Here garden city principles are a fundamental part of the Trust's activity. There are tight restrictions applying to the properties here such as no stonewall cladding.{{cn|date=September 2021}}[/td]
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