Garden Apartments: The History of a Low-Rent Utopia

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Authors: David P. Varady
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Abstract

Garden Apartments is the first history of this type of housing form: low-rise complexes with landscaped gardens or lawn. Despite the millions of units built during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, gard...

Fields of Study & Subjects

Architecture Modernity and Design Urban Planning and Governance Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Publication details

Journal / source
Journal of the American Planning Association
Volume
92
Issue
3
Pages
512–513
Publication date
6 February 2026
Language
EN