Poundbury, The Prince's Dream 2
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Uploaded by lutestring on Nov 16, 2008
Prince Charles' dream, the Poundbury development, in Dorset, UK, was seen at the time as reactionary in style; a throw back to old vernacular forms of English housebuilding. But it was also reactionary in its layout, in that it cocked a snook at the car-led, cul-de-sac designs which have, until recently, characterised new British housing estates. Poundbury sought to create much more than a dormitory: it aimed at building a functioning community, with shops, pubs and halls where people could meet and socialise.
There is a little magic about Poundbury. It works. People like it, it looks good, and influential people from around the world go and visit it to see what all the fuss is about. Even avowed modernists who loathe Prince Charles olde-worlde designs have to admit that Poundbury is a damn good development. The first house went on sale in Poundbury in 1994 and with up to 3,000 houses being built in four phases, it has yet to be finished — and, during the 12 years of its existence, its influence has spread far and wide.
Online guide to Poundbury : http://www.poundbury.org.uk/Content/default.asp
Poundbury Community Forum: http://poundburyforum.proboards22.com/?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*
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I think it's great, some of us like variety.
It's a pity there aren't any people visible, but this would necessitate everyone to signing an image release form. At least there was a cat!
derekatya96 1 year ago
It's like it has one of everything......
Really, not a good vision.
Certainly not a model for other places in the UK - it's just another form of identikit crap culled from a booklet of design templates.
emanitudism 2 years ago