240 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
240 Pages
by
RIBA Publishing
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Due to popular demand we are delighted to offer this new paperback edition of Eric Lyons and Span .
Lavishly illustrated and deeply researched, this book celebrates the work of the architect Eric Lyons OBE (1912-1980), whose famous post-war housing - that today would be marketed as 'lifestyle housing' - is as well-loved today as it was vibrantly successful when first constructed. Built almost... Read more
1. The Architect in Society: Eric Lyons, his circle and his values.
2. Models for Suburban Living.
3. Landscape First and Last.
4. Building for Span and the Public Sector.
5. New Ash Green: Span's latter 20th century village in Kent.
6. Community and Common Space: The role of residents' societies.
7. People's Homes Span in the 21st century.
8. Images.
9. The office.
10. Gazeteer.
Biography
Barbara Simms is a garden and landscape historian with a particular interest in the design, conservation and interpretation of landscapes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
