Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997 (London: Bloomsbury, 2025), 225 pp. incl. 44 colour and 46 b&w ills, ISBN 9781350401709, £85 (hardback); ISBN 9781350401747, £24.99 (paperback); ISBN 9781350401716 (open access)

Andrew Demetrius

doi:10.1017/arh.2025.10068

Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997 (London: Bloomsbury, 2025), 225 pp. incl. 44 colour and 46 b&w ills, ISBN 9781350401709, £85 (hardback); ISBN 9781350401747, £24.99 (paperback); ISBN 9781350401716 (open access)

Andrew Demetrius

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	322-323
Number of pages	2
Journal	Architectural History
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/arh.2025.10068
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2025

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Scotland
Postwar
Modernism
Planning
New Towns

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Demetrius, A. (2025). Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997 (London: Bloomsbury, 2025), 225 pp. incl. 44 colour and 46 b&w ills, ISBN 9781350401709, £85 (hardback); ISBN 9781350401747, £24.99 (paperback); ISBN 9781350401716 (open access). Architectural History, 68, 322-323. https://doi.org/10.1017/arh.2025.10068

Demetrius, Andrew. / Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997 (London: Bloomsbury, 2025), 225 pp. incl. 44 colour and 46 b&w ills, ISBN 9781350401709, £85 (hardback); ISBN 9781350401747, £24.99 (paperback); ISBN 9781350401716 (open access). In: Architectural History. 2025 ; Vol. 68. pp. 322-323.

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Demetrius A. Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters and Valerie Wright, Building Modern Scotland: A Social and Architectural History of the New Towns, 1947–1997 (London: Bloomsbury, 2025), 225 pp. incl. 44 colour and 46 b&w ills, ISBN 9781350401709, £85 (hardback); ISBN 9781350401747, £24.99 (paperback); ISBN 9781350401716 (open access). Architectural History. 2025 Dec 16;68:322-323. doi: 10.1017/arh.2025.10068