Nicholas Bullock is a fellow of King's College Cambridge. He teaches at Cambridge and the Architectural Association, and has lectured at many other universities in the UK, USA and Europe. He is now researching the post-war development of the Paris suburbs.

• Introduction 1. Prologue: The Debate on Reconstruction 1940-42 Part 1: Rethinking the New Architecture 2. The War-Time Debate 1942-45 3. The Search for New Directions after 1945 4. 1951, From Debate to Practice 5. Old Masters and Young Turks 6. Rethinking CIAM's Ideal of the City Part II: Rebuilding Britain 7. Preparing for Reconstruction, Plans for Housing 8. New Ways of Building: Houses and Schools 9. Housing versus Architecture, London 1940-49 10. Building by the Public Sector: Schools and Housing 11. The Revival of Private Practice and the Rebuilding of City Centres 12. Conclusion Notes and References

'An ... important and astoundingly thorough examination.' - Deborah Lewittes, JSAH, 2005

Nicholas Bullock is a fellow of King's College Cambridge. He teaches at Cambridge and the Architectural Association, and has lectured at many other universities in the UK, USA and Europe. He is now researching the post-war development of the Paris suburbs.

• Introduction 1. Prologue: The Debate on Reconstruction 1940-42 Part 1: Rethinking the New Architecture 2. The War-Time Debate 1942-45 3. The Search for New Directions after 1945 4. 1951, From Debate to Practice 5. Old Masters and Young Turks 6. Rethinking CIAM's Ideal of the City Part II: Rebuilding Britain 7. Preparing for Reconstruction, Plans for Housing 8. New Ways of Building: Houses and Schools 9. Housing versus Architecture, London 1940-49 10. Building by the Public Sector: Schools and Housing 11. The Revival of Private Practice and the Rebuilding of City Centres 12. Conclusion Notes and References

'An ... important and astoundingly thorough examination.' - Deborah Lewittes, JSAH, 2005

Nicholas Bullock is a fellow of King's College Cambridge. He teaches at Cambridge and the Architectural Association, and has lectured at many other universities in the UK, USA and Europe. He is now researching the post-war development of the Paris suburbs.

• Introduction 1. Prologue: The Debate on Reconstruction 1940-42 Part 1: Rethinking the New Architecture 2. The War-Time Debate 1942-45 3. The Search for New Directions after 1945 4. 1951, From Debate to Practice 5. Old Masters and Young Turks 6. Rethinking CIAM's Ideal of the City Part II: Rebuilding Britain 7. Preparing for Reconstruction, Plans for Housing 8. New Ways of Building: Houses and Schools 9. Housing versus Architecture, London 1940-49 10. Building by the Public Sector: Schools and Housing 11. The Revival of Private Practice and the Rebuilding of City Centres 12. Conclusion Notes and References

'An ... important and astoundingly thorough examination.' - Deborah Lewittes, JSAH, 2005