Five Leaves Publishing, Adrian Jones and Chris Matthews are pleased to invite you to the book launch of:
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Tuesday 24th June 2014, 6.30–8.00pm
Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Refreshments provided RSVP to Adrian, or Chris, or bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk
Five Leaves Bookshop, 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2DH
0115 8373097
www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk
www.fiveleaves.co.uk
Adrian and Chris will also be presenting a free illustrated talk about Towns in Britain at 3.30pm on Saturday 28th June at Lowdham Book Festival
www.lowdhambookfestival.co.uk
Mail order UK: bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk / 0115 8373097
Overseas orders: www.bookdepository.co.uk
This lavishly illustrated book takes an irreverent, sometimes angry and amusing journey exploring our towns and cities, from Hackney and its hipsters to Rab C. Nesbitt’s Govan, from the screaming incoherence of Cardiff Bay to the alleged idyll of Hertfordshire’s garden cities. Written for the informed general reader, Towns in Britain looks at what is happening to our cities today, and is essential reading for those interested in urban design, architecture, and town and transport planning.
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Example of spreads – Introduction
Towns in Britain will stimulate discussion about important topics which affect us all, the housing crisis, the quality of urban regeneration, place-making and the creation of civilised streets. It challenges current political and planning orthodoxies and the baleful impact that so much recent development has had on our cities. It also confronts popular and media stereotypes which dismiss so much of our built environment as ‘crap towns’ and ‘concrete monstrosities’ and illustrates the value of underrated places.
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Example of spreads – Coventry
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Example of spreads – Bristol
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Example of spreads – Deptford to Woolwich
Towns in Britain expands on the themes of the popular jonestheplanner.co.uk blog. Both are primarily written by Adrian Jones and presented by Chris Matthews. Adrian Jones is a town planner and urban designer, formerly Director of Planning and Transport for the City of Nottingham and member of CABE’s national Design Review Panel.
Published by Five Leaves Publishing.
Tuesday 24th June 2014, 6.30–8.00pm
Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Refreshments provided RSVP to Adrian, or Chris, or bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk
Five Leaves Bookshop, 14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2DH
0115 8373097
www.fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk
www.fiveleaves.co.uk
Adrian and Chris will also be presenting a free illustrated talk about Towns in Britain at 3.30pm on Saturday 28th June at Lowdham Book Festival
www.lowdhambookfestival.co.uk
Mail order UK: bookshop@fiveleaves.co.uk / 0115 8373097
Overseas orders: www.bookdepository.co.uk
This lavishly illustrated book takes an irreverent, sometimes angry and amusing journey exploring our towns and cities, from Hackney and its hipsters to Rab C. Nesbitt’s Govan, from the screaming incoherence of Cardiff Bay to the alleged idyll of Hertfordshire’s garden cities. Written for the informed general reader, Towns in Britain looks at what is happening to our cities today, and is essential reading for those interested in urban design, architecture, and town and transport planning.
Example of spreads – Introduction
Towns in Britain will stimulate discussion about important topics which affect us all, the housing crisis, the quality of urban regeneration, place-making and the creation of civilised streets. It challenges current political and planning orthodoxies and the baleful impact that so much recent development has had on our cities. It also confronts popular and media stereotypes which dismiss so much of our built environment as ‘crap towns’ and ‘concrete monstrosities’ and illustrates the value of underrated places.
Example of spreads – Coventry
Example of spreads – Bristol
Example of spreads – Deptford to Woolwich
Towns in Britain expands on the themes of the popular jonestheplanner.co.uk blog. Both are primarily written by Adrian Jones and presented by Chris Matthews. Adrian Jones is a town planner and urban designer, formerly Director of Planning and Transport for the City of Nottingham and member of CABE’s national Design Review Panel.
Published by Five Leaves Publishing.