Suburban Living : Six Solutions

Collaborators : Gilbert, Richard | Glover, Guy | MacNeill, Ian | Office national du film du Canada

Architecture -- Foreign Countries.Architecture -- Urban Renewal.Architecture -- Urbanism.Foreign Countries -- Belgium and the Netherlands.Foreign Countries -- France.Foreign Countries -- Great Britain.Foreign Countries -- International Perspectives.Foreign Countries -- Scandinavia.Urbanism -- Foreign Countries.Urbanism -- Housing and Public Housing.Urbanism -- Ontario.Urbanism -- Portraits.Urbanism -- Suburbs.Urbanism -- Urban Development.Afficher 9 supplémentaires

A comparison of solutions to the problems of suburban living as found in some of the world's largest cities--London, Marseille, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Toronto. This film shows housing to delight, amaze, and even provoke. Shown is Marseille's famous community on stilts, with stores, homes, and playgrounds all within one vertical neighbourhood. Town planners and architects discuss trends and problems.

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