London once had a fine tradition of building good quality low cost housing. There are examples still extant across the city. Some of the great housing projects built by the London County Council were inspired by the ideas of William Morris, Arts & Crafts, the Garden City Movement and the achievements of Red Vienna.
Many of the architects and designers involved considered that good quality working class housing could help to represent ideas of democracy, a more equal society, and would be part of building a better, more progressive world.
These are certainly not the practices or ideas of the volume house builders of today.
So how did this happen, and where are the real voices of opposition to 'market forces' and developer led house building?
The walk will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about the history of progressive house building in London by exploring some well planned examples.
