Image: The Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Snowdonia National Park in 1965, the year the facility became operational. (Source: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, RC24-0397.)
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Abstract
Landscape architects radically transformed the rural geography of post-war Britain. Through large-scale projects such as power stations, oil infrastructure and land reclamation work, pioneering practitioners turned industrial planning into a process of creating amenity landscapes for public enjoyment, presenting new possibilities for what rural development could be and who it could serve. This book talk features Scenic Calculations, the first comprehensive history of landscape architecture in post-war Britain. At a time when new infrastructure development is imminent and decommissioned facilities are being demolished, Moa Carlsson explores the legacies of post-war industrial expansion in the welfare state, arguing that the end of this unique landscape planning approach in the 1970s had major consequences for both local communities and the national economy.
About Moa Carlsson
Moa Carlsson is a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. She is a historian of landscape architecture and environmental planning in twentieth-century Great Britain.
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