{"product_id":"stevenage-emily-cole-9781800855991","title":"Stevenage: Pioneering New Town Centre","description":"This book charts the history of Stevenage new town centre, looking at its planning, development, design influences, significance and survival. The historic market town of Stevenage was the first location to be designated for major expansion under the New Towns Act 1946, making it Britain's\u003cbr\u003efirst post-war new town. As part of this a new town centre was planned from 1946. Informed by the ideas of figures including Gordon Stephenson and Clarence Stein, among the leading planners of their day, the detailed design of this area was undertaken in the 1950s by Stevenage Development\u003cbr\u003eCorporation, under Chief Architect Leonard Vincent. The shopping precinct, with surrounding car parks and bus station, was built first, begun in earnest in 1956 and officially opened in April 1959. Its design is notable: the fully pedestrian precinct is one of the earliest examples of this kind of\u003cbr\u003edevelopment in Britain and on a scale unequalled in Europe at the time of its initiation. The shopping precinct, designated as a conservation area in 1988, is notable for its uniformity, integrity and level of survival. Provision was also made in the town centre for offices, community, entertainment\u003cbr\u003eand public buildings, which will be discussed in this book, along with expansion works undertaken in the 1960s and '70s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800855990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800855991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Historic England in Association with Liverpoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 8.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily Cole, author and architectural historian at Historic England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElain Harwood is an architectural historian with Historic England and expert in Second World War English architecture.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emily Cole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982300381439,"sku":"9781800855991","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_973132ef-0b54-4751-8472-1186b7cd80b8.jpg?v=1683260361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stevenage-emily-cole-9781800855991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}