Commemorating and celebrating Raymond Unwin (1863–1940)

Planning Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-140

  Miller, Mervyn ^a  

^a MM Heritage ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

architecture; democratizing design; density; Garden Cities; housing typology; policy; public housing; Raymond Unwin; space standards; town planning; Nothing Gained by Overcrowding

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARCHITECTURE; BIOGRAPHY; GARDEN CITY; TOWN PLANNING; TYPOLOGY; URBAN HOUSING;

EID: 84915749807     PISSN: 02665433     EISSN: 14664518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2014.956783     Document Type: Article

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12. Parker, B., and R. Unwin: “Cottages near a Town.” In Catalogue of the Northern Artworkers Guild Exhibition, 34–43. Manchester: H.C.D. Chorlton, 1903. The First Garden City Heritage Museum, Letchworth Garden City holds a private offprint of the article.
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20. Unwin, R. “Introduction” to the Second Edition of Town Planning in Practice, ix–xviii. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911.
21. Unwin, R. Nothing Gained by Overcrowding! How the Garden City Type of Development May Benefit Both Owner and Occupier. London: P.S. King and Son for the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association, 1912. (Facsimile reprint in Unwin 2014, 73–98).
22. Unwin, R. “The Town Extension Plan.” In Old Towns and New Needs: Also The Town Extension Plan: Being the Warburton Lectures 1912 Delivered By Paul Waterhouse and Raymond Unwin FRIBA, 31–62. Manchester: Sherratt and Hughes to the University of Manchester, 1912.
23. Unwin, R. “The Royal Gold Medal Presentation, Monday 12 April 1937.” Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 3ss 44, no. 12 (1937): 581–587
24. Unwin, R. Nothing Gained by Overcrowding [facsimile reprint]. Introduction by Dr Mervyn Miller. London: Routledge, 2014.
25. Further Reading
26. Miller, M. “Raymond Unwin (1863–1940).” In Pioneers of British Planning, edited by Gordon Cherry, 72–102. London: Architectural Press, 1981
27. Miller, M. English Garden Cities: An Introduction. Swindon: English Heritage, 2010