Community Architecture: How People Are Creating Their Own Environment - Softcover

Knevitt, Charles; Wates, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140104283 ISBN 13: 9780140104288

Publisher: Penguin, 1987

Synopsis

Community architecture has emerged as a powerful force for
change in the way people all over the world are creating their own homes,
neighbourhoods and cities. This book - the first on the subject - explains
how and why Community Architecture works and reveals the full story of the
quiet revolution which provides hope for communities everywhere.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Community architecture has emerged as a powerful force for
change in the way people all over the world are creating their own homes,
neighbourhoods and cities.

The basic principle is simple: the built environment works better if the
people who use it are directly and actively involved in its creation and
management. The movement embraces planning, development, landscape, art
and design as well as architecture and other forms of technical aid. It
has brought together an extraordinary alliance of community groups,
professionals, churchleaders and politicians of all parties - and caused
major ructions in the professions as a result.

Charles Knevitt and Nick Wates wrote and broadcast on the development of
the Community Architecture movement for over ten years before writing this
book - the first on the subject. It explains how and why Community
Architecture works and reveals the full story of the quiet revolution which
provides hope for communities everywhere.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140104283
• ISBN 13: 9780140104288
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224