Stories
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How slums make people sick
A newly gentrified corner of Bermondsey leaves little clue to its less salubrious history. But a few intrepid writers recorded the details of existence in one of London’s most squalid slums.
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The tower in fiction, film and life
The high-rise estates born of postwar idealism soon became symbols of crime and squalor. But after one terrible tragedy, public bodies are being forced to rethink our towers.
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Two health centres, two ideologies
Two futuristic, light-filled buildings aimed to bring forward-looking healthcare to city dwellers. But the principles behind each were very different.
Catalogue
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L'art gothique : l'architecture, la peinture, la sculpture, le décor / Louis Gonse.
Gonse, Louis, 1846-1921.Date: [1890]- Books
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Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England : and the monuments erected in her memory / by James Galloway.
Galloway, James, 1862-1922.Date: [1909]- Books
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The history of the house : the struggle for fresh air and light / by George M. Gould.
Gould, George Milbrey, 1848-1922.Date: 1908- Books
Das Luzerner Armenspital : eine Architekturgeschichte mittelalterlicher und frühneuzeitlicher Spitalbauten im eidgenössischen und europäischen Vergleich / Claudia Hermann.
Hermann, Claudia.Date: 2004- Books
Proportions : science, musique, peinture & architecture : actes du LIe Colloque international d'études humanistes, 30 juin - 4 juillet 2008 / textes réunis et édités par Sabine Rommevaux, Philippe Vendrix & Vasco Zara.
Colloque international d'études humanistes 2008 : Tours, France)Date: 2011, ©2011