The Modernist, Issue 51: Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood whole is often greater than the sum of its parts, and whilst the architecture and buildings are key components in creating a neighbourhood, it is the inhabitants that create atmosphere, community and a sense of place.

This issue of The Modernist takes us all around the world to various places that look into the very notion of a ‘neighbourhood’.

From a social club in Hackney to a social experiment in Turin, visiting Berlin, Edinburgh, Vienna, Lyon and Charleroi along the way, this issue is truly a global adventure. That said, each article remains within the confines of a neighbourhood.

Writer Jon Riley and photographer Tom Lombard take a very personal look at the wonderful Mildmay Club in Newington Green while demonstrating that it is the people, as well as the buildings, that define a neighbourhood. Amber Roberts takes us around the pioneering social housing of the Red Vienna period, while Craig Austin shows us around the SPAN housing at Parkleys. On the flip side, a neighbourhood isn’t always about housing; with transport playing a key role in developing any neighbourhood, Adam Paluch tells us about the troubled history of Charleroi’s metro system.

Published by The Modernist
Softcover
60 pages
200 x 200 mm
ISBN 9772046290042