The Art of Building a Garden City is a well-researched guide to the history of the garden city movement and the delivery of a new generation of communities for the 21st Century.

The concept of the Garden City is perhaps the most radical and relevant legacy of British town planning and the utopian tradition. Its pioneers aspired to provide a blend of environmental sustainability, social inclusion and steely economics; with the nation now facing an acute housing crisis, these principles are more relevant than ever.

The Art of Building a Garden City is a well-researched guide to the history of the garden city movement and the delivery of a new generation of communities for the 21st Century. Drawing on lessons from the first garden cities, the new towns programme and other large-scale developments, it identifies the approach that needs to be taken in order to deliver the highest standards of design and placemaking today.

This book is essential reading for anyone involved in planning, designing or delivering new, garden city-inspired communities at a range of scales.