Rise of the 'civic centre' in English urban form and design

Urban Design International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Larkham, Peter J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civic centres; Post war reconstruction; Town halls; UK

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING; POST-WAR; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042791910     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000109     Document Type: Article

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