University of Cambridge

Thesis exploring the social, political and economic factors that influenced changing attitudes to housing during the rebuilding of the city after 1945. 
Two estates were analysed – Willenhall Wood built by Coventry City Council in 1958-65, and West Point by the private developers McLean in 1960-61. The designs of both reflected a ‘desired way of living’ shaped by shifting ideas of community, individual status and the role of the woman within the home.