Free Shipping Over $89* | 10% off gift cards to celebrate Mother's Day (*T&Cs apply)
Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $89
Playgrounds : The Experimental Years - Ben Highmore

Playgrounds

The Experimental Years

By: Ben Highmore

eBook | 1 November 2024

At a Glance

eBook

RRP $52.67

$44.99

15%OFF

or 4 interest-free payments of $11.25 with

 or 

Instant Digital Delivery to your Kobo Reader App

In the decades following 1945 a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings and roundabouts, the new playgrounds encouraged children to build shacks and invent their own entertainment. This book tells the story of how bombsites and waste ground were transformed into hives of activity by children and progressive educationalists. It shows how a belief in the imaginative capacity of children shaped a new kind of playground, and how designers and landscape architects reimagined what playgrounds could be.
Today, as we face unparalleled challenges, the enormous social ambition of these spaces is also an inspiring object lesson. Playgrounds offers a compelling account of pioneers, designers and charities over the decades, and is a testimony to the power of play.

on

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionArts & EntertainmentArchitectureLandscape Art & ArchitectureArchitectural Aspects of City & Town PlanningFamily & HealthParenting: Advice & IssuesArchitectural Structure & Design

More in Architectural Structure & Design

150 Best Eco House Ideas - Marta Serrats

eBOOK

150 Best Eco House Ideas

eBook

RRP $25.99

$20.99

19%
OFF
Star Commercial Spaces - Julio Fajardo

eBOOK

Star Commercial Spaces

eBook

$12.99

The Big Book of Packaging - Will Burke

eBOOK

The Big Book of Packaging

eBook

$13.99

Affordable Housing for Livable Cities - Avi Friedman

eBOOK

Affordable Housing for Livable Cities

eBook

RRP $54.02

$48.99

This product is categorised by