Final Report of the 18th Congress of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning Hastings 1946
London, published by the organisation 1946
234pp. Stiff card wraps. Small 4to. Very good copy. Congress held 7-12 October 1946. Focus was on post war reconstruction. Papers were read relating to Exeter, London, Rotterdam,Liege, Warsaw and France in general. Contributors included Patrick Abercrombie, Thomas Sharp, Sir George Pepler,Catherine Bauer, Baston Bardet, Uno Ahren,H G van Beusekom, Netherlands and many others. The findings represent a great gathering of minds in the immediate post-war period where post war reconstruction and planning issues were discussed. A major group of papers were given over to the approaches to implementation.