Otto Saumarez Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4212796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Otto Saumarez Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Otto Saumarez |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH O S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3356-3374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Landscapes of Hope and Crisis
This article surveys plans that envisioned new leisure uses for derelict landscapes in Britain from about 1966 to 1979. These plans were an attempt to transform areas of Britain in ways that cut across issues ranging from deindustrialization to planning, landscape, environmentalism, industrial heritage, and leisure. The author argues for the importance of the profession of landscape architects in setting the agenda for tackling industrial derelic…
Action for Cities
This article surveys the Thatcher administration's approach to inner-city policy. It uses recently opened archives to reignite the debate over how far these years marked a radical break with past practices towards market-oriented approaches. The first part explains why inner cities became such a central issue for the Conservative party, running through all areas of domestic policy and taking up a vast amount of legislative time. The second part d…
The de-industrializing city in the UK and Germany
When the Coventry-based band The Specials released their single 'Ghost Town' in June 1981, they appeared to be giving stark expression to a broader sense of crisis that characterized Britain's urban environment in the early Thatcher years.The song's invocation of urban decay, social dislocation and violence, juxtaposed to a romanticized past of 'good old days in a de boomtown', struck a chord with contemporary audiences. 1It provided a fitting so…
The Lost World of the British Leisure Centre
This article presents the first historical account of the spectacular growth of British leisure centres throughout the 1970s. The first section explains why the concept of leisure became so prominent, and emphasizes the extent of the boom in construction of centres. The second section offers a tour of a pioneering leisure centre in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. The third provides a history of a firm of architects, Gillinson, Barnett and Partners, w…
The Inner City Crisis and the End of Urban Modernism in 1970s Britain
This article links two processes that reached culmination during the 1970s: the emergence in central government of concern for inner city areas, and the rejection of urban modernist approaches to the built environment. It focuses on the approach of the Department of the Environment in dealing with the issue, particularly through the three Inner Area Studies on Lambeth, Small Heath in Birmingham and Liverpool 8, which were published in 1977. The f…
Central Government and Town-Centre Redevelopment in Britain, 1959–1966
This article looks at central government's role, focusing on the parliamentary terms 1959–64 and 1964–6, in directing the way in which local authorities enacted the central area redevelopment schemes of the 1960s. The first two sections review the substantial but little-studied literature produced across the political spectrum about central area urban renewal in the period 1959–64. Section III uses the Joint Urban Planning Group, a group set up w…
The Inner City Crisis and the End of Urban Modernism in 1970s Britain
This article links two processes that reached culmination during the 1970s: the emergence in central government of concern for inner city areas, and the rejection of urban modernist approaches to the built environment. It focuses on the approach of the Department of the Environment in dealing with the issue, particularly through the three Inner Area Studies on Lambeth, Small Heath in Birmingham and Liverpool 8, which were published in 1977. The f…
Central Government and Town-Centre Redevelopment in Britain, 1959–1966
This article looks at central government's role, focusing on the parliamentary terms 1959–64 and 1964–6, in directing the way in which local authorities enacted the central area redevelopment schemes of the 1960s. The first two sections review the substantial but little-studied literature produced across the political spectrum about central area urban renewal in the period 1959–64. Section III uses the Joint Urban Planning Group, a group set up w…
Action for Cities
This article surveys the Thatcher administration's approach to inner-city policy. It uses recently opened archives to reignite the debate over how far these years marked a radical break with past practices towards market-oriented approaches. The first part explains why inner cities became such a central issue for the Conservative party, running through all areas of domestic policy and taking up a vast amount of legislative time. The second part d…
Landscapes of Hope and Crisis
This article surveys plans that envisioned new leisure uses for derelict landscapes in Britain from about 1966 to 1979. These plans were an attempt to transform areas of Britain in ways that cut across issues ranging from deindustrialization to planning, landscape, environmentalism, industrial heritage, and leisure. The author argues for the importance of the profession of landscape architects in setting the agenda for tackling industrial derelic…
The de-industrializing city in the UK and Germany
When the Coventry-based band The Specials released their single 'Ghost Town' in June 1981, they appeared to be giving stark expression to a broader sense of crisis that characterized Britain's urban environment in the early Thatcher years.The song's invocation of urban decay, social dislocation and violence, juxtaposed to a romanticized past of 'good old days in a de boomtown', struck a chord with contemporary audiences. 1It provided a fitting so…
The Lost World of the British Leisure Centre
This article presents the first historical account of the spectacular growth of British leisure centres throughout the 1970s. The first section explains why the concept of leisure became so prominent, and emphasizes the extent of the boom in construction of centres. The second section offers a tour of a pioneering leisure centre in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. The third provides a history of a firm of architects, Gillinson, Barnett and Partners, w…
Central Government and Town-Centre Redevelopment in Britain, 1959–1966
This article looks at central government's role, focusing on the parliamentary terms 1959–64 and 1964–6, in directing the way in which local authorities enacted the central area redevelopment schemes of the 1960s. The first two sections review the substantial but little-studied literature produced across the political spectrum about central area urban renewal in the period 1959–64. Section III uses the Joint Urban Planning Group, a group set up w…
The Inner City Crisis and the End of Urban Modernism in 1970s Britain
This article links two processes that reached culmination during the 1970s: the emergence in central government of concern for inner city areas, and the rejection of urban modernist approaches to the built environment. It focuses on the approach of the Department of the Environment in dealing with the issue, particularly through the three Inner Area Studies on Lambeth, Small Heath in Birmingham and Liverpool 8, which were published in 1977. The f…
Action for Cities
This article surveys the Thatcher administration's approach to inner-city policy. It uses recently opened archives to reignite the debate over how far these years marked a radical break with past practices towards market-oriented approaches. The first part explains why inner cities became such a central issue for the Conservative party, running through all areas of domestic policy and taking up a vast amount of legislative time. The second part d…
The de-industrializing city in the UK and Germany
When the Coventry-based band The Specials released their single 'Ghost Town' in June 1981, they appeared to be giving stark expression to a broader sense of crisis that characterized Britain's urban environment in the early Thatcher years.The song's invocation of urban decay, social dislocation and violence, juxtaposed to a romanticized past of 'good old days in a de boomtown', struck a chord with contemporary audiences. 1It provided a fitting so…
The Lost World of the British Leisure Centre
This article presents the first historical account of the spectacular growth of British leisure centres throughout the 1970s. The first section explains why the concept of leisure became so prominent, and emphasizes the extent of the boom in construction of centres. The second section offers a tour of a pioneering leisure centre in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. The third provides a history of a firm of architects, Gillinson, Barnett and Partners, w…
Landscapes of Hope and Crisis
This article surveys plans that envisioned new leisure uses for derelict landscapes in Britain from about 1966 to 1979. These plans were an attempt to transform areas of Britain in ways that cut across issues ranging from deindustrialization to planning, landscape, environmentalism, industrial heritage, and leisure. The author argues for the importance of the profession of landscape architects in setting the agenda for tackling industrial derelic…
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