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New book illustrates Poundbury development Back to Communities
Publisher: Ian Morgan
Published: 01/03/2006 - 16:31:59 PM Printable version
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The first book has been published on the controversial development pioneered by the Prince of Wales.
Poundbury – the brainchild of the Prince of Wales – has rarely been out of the news since the first footings were laid in 1993, and even more rarely without contention.
Modernists take every opportunity to decry the traditionalism of the architecture, dismissing it as pastiche, a gaudy scene from Toytown.
The most vehement critics believed it would fall foul of commercial convention and would never be built.
"In Poundbury: The Town that Charles Built", author Dennis Hardy provides the first comprehensive account of an important experiment. He sets it in the context of a colourful history of experimental communities.
Poundbury builds on this tradition but responds to contemporary challenges of sustainability, social inclusion and community values.
Welcoming the new book chair of the Town and Country Planning Association, David Lock said: "As we continue to seek appropriate forms of sustainable new development for the 21st century it is vital that lessons are learnt from each new development.
"This book is a significant addition to our knowledge and shared experience. There is so much more that needs to be done in hundreds of schemes larger still and more demanding than Poundbury – but this place fuels optimism rather than pessimism in facing the future."
The author traces Poundbury's origins through the well publicised views on architecture and planning of The Prince of Wales and shows a convergence with New Urbanism.
A comparative chapter looks at the experience of Seaside, the pioneering New Urbanist resort on Florida's Gulf coast.
Overall, the verdict on Poundbury is positive, although there is an agenda of actions that could make it even more so.
Mr Hardy is Emeritus Professor of Urban Planning at Middlesex University, and works freelance as a writer and consultant.
The book is published by the Town & Country Planning Association, an independent charity working to improve the art and science of town and country planning.
New book illustrates Poundbury development Back to Communities
Publisher: Ian Morgan
Published: 01/03/2006 - 16:31:59 PM Printable version
Send to a friend
The first book has been published on the controversial development pioneered by the Prince of Wales.
Poundbury – the brainchild of the Prince of Wales – has rarely been out of the news since the first footings were laid in 1993, and even more rarely without contention.
Modernists take every opportunity to decry the traditionalism of the architecture, dismissing it as pastiche, a gaudy scene from Toytown.
The most vehement critics believed it would fall foul of commercial convention and would never be built.
"In Poundbury: The Town that Charles Built", author Dennis Hardy provides the first comprehensive account of an important experiment. He sets it in the context of a colourful history of experimental communities.
Poundbury builds on this tradition but responds to contemporary challenges of sustainability, social inclusion and community values.
Welcoming the new book chair of the Town and Country Planning Association, David Lock said: "As we continue to seek appropriate forms of sustainable new development for the 21st century it is vital that lessons are learnt from each new development.
"This book is a significant addition to our knowledge and shared experience. There is so much more that needs to be done in hundreds of schemes larger still and more demanding than Poundbury – but this place fuels optimism rather than pessimism in facing the future."
The author traces Poundbury's origins through the well publicised views on architecture and planning of The Prince of Wales and shows a convergence with New Urbanism.
A comparative chapter looks at the experience of Seaside, the pioneering New Urbanist resort on Florida's Gulf coast.
Overall, the verdict on Poundbury is positive, although there is an agenda of actions that could make it even more so.
Mr Hardy is Emeritus Professor of Urban Planning at Middlesex University, and works freelance as a writer and consultant.
The book is published by the Town & Country Planning Association, an independent charity working to improve the art and science of town and country planning.
