Council garden estate

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Cressingham Gardens in London, where the tenants maintain the gardens and walkways

A council garden estate is a housing estate planned and built for the rehousing of people from decaying inner city areas, pioneered by Ted Hollamby at Cressingham Gardens, Lambeth, in the 1960s.[1] It was a reaction to the philosophy of Ernő Goldfinger, Lubetkin and Le Corbusier who saw a housing estate as an architectural monument. Hollamby sought an anti- monumental architecture, to design for the wishes and needs of the people. High density (250 persons per ha) was achieved by pedestrianising the estate and having external car-parking [2]

References

  1. ^ "Cressingham Gardens, Lambeth: 'warm and informal…one of the nicest small schemes in England". Municipal Dreams. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ Mulholland, John C. "The Case for Saving Cressingham Gardens". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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