Building a new town : Finland's new garden city, Tapiola /
Heikki von Hertzen and Paul D. Spreiregen
- Revised edition.
- Cambridge : MIT Press, c1973
- 233 pages : illustrations, plans, maps ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
A note from the authors -- Tapiola in outline -- Tapiola in context -- New towns and garden cities in history -- Urbanization, urbanity and urban form -- Architectural and urban design in Finland -- Finland's housing and planning programs -- Facts and figures -- Starting -- Financing a complete town from the beginning -- Programming, planning, and building -- Administration and operation -- Provocation as a tool in creating a town -- The seven towns plan -- "Uusimaa 2010" -- Uusimaa in 1968 -- A philosophy for new towns -- Illustration credits -- Index.
This book is an attempt to produce a complete case study of the creation of a recent new town.