Publisher's Synopsis
Published by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies, this book presents the first concise account of one of Britain's most dramatic building campaigns of the modern age. It traces the often impassioned ideological and aesthetic debates about high building, the complex planning and construction aspects of tower blocks, as well as the design of their environments and their naming. A separate section sets out in detail the story of multi-storey council housing in every major city and many towns in England and Scotland. No less than 534 illustrations were needed to convey something of the astounding wealth of the British high-rise story.
