Utopian designs: the Owenite communities

Donnachie, Ian (2007). Utopian designs: the Owenite communities. Spaces of Utopia: An Electronic Journal, 2007(6), pp. 19–34.

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Abstract

This article reviews the development of Robert Owen's community ideas with special reference to the architecture and physical arrangements. It highlights the importance of New Lanark, Scotland as a test-bed for Owen's ideal community and explores later designs for several of the communities that were built 1825-1845. Particular attention is paid to the ideas and plans of the Owenite architect, Stedman Whitwell, who produced descriptions, plans and a model of the ideal community. Many of the proposals greatly influenced later Utopian experiments.

Item Type:	Journal Article
ISSN:	1646-4729
Keywords:	utopian studies; architecture; communitarianism
Academic Unit/Department:	Arts > History
Item ID:	15738
Depositing User:	Ian Donnachie
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2009 13:00
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2010 15:48
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/15738

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