Who was involved in rebuilding our local area after wwii? Lesson 3, Presentation Design for a development of multi-storey buildings surrounding St Paul's Cathedral

Who was involved in rebuilding our local area after WWII? Lesson 3, Presentation

Design for a development of multi-storey buildings surrounding St Paul's Cathedral,

• Design for a development of multi-storey buildings surrounding St Paul's Cathedral,

• City of London, 1946

• © Royal Institute of British Architects

• Even before the war had finished, architects and planners had new ideas to rebuild Britain’s bomb-damaged cities.

• Across Britain reconstruction started immediately, but was made difficult by the shortage of materials and labour in the years after peace had been declared.

• The post-war period saw new kinds of housing being built to satisfy the demand for homes and to accommodate the new ideas architects and planners had to improve the way British people lived.

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