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ABOUT THE BOOK

Saltaire: The Making of a Model Town, by Neil Jackson, Jo Lintonbon and Bryony Staples.

This ground-breaking study analyses the building of Saltaire, the famous model
town in West Yorkshire. Now a World Heritage Site, it was designed to provide millworkers'
housing and is a superb example of enlightened urban planning, created
during a 24-year building programme. The authors follow its development through seven
building phases and sixteen building contracts, explaining the principles which guided
the urban layout and the various house designs. By comparing Saltaire with earlier
factory towns and considering its 19th-century architectural context, they describe the
design decisions taken and the implications of those choices. They reveal for the first
time that the hierarchies apparent in the architecture were the result of the design
process and should not be seen as a reflection of the town's social structure.
'This work will fundamentally alter our understanding of an urban complex that stands
as amongst the most signal achievements of British architects in a period of tremendous
social, industrial and indeed architectural advance.' Frank Salmon, University of
Cambridge

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