Movement
Garden City Movement
Explore in the Atlas →Reform movement initiated by Ebenezer Howard (1898) proposing self-governing towns of c.32,000 in permanent greenbelts on communally owned land; realised at Letchworth (1903) and Welwyn (1920) and influencing the British New Towns.
Settlement Collectivity Ground
Details
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Referenced by
- Ebenezer Howard associated with
- Robert Owen preceded
- William Morris influenced
- To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform / Garden Cities of To-Morrow exemplifies
Sources
- Robert Fishman. Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century. Basic Books, 1977.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Garden City Movement." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/garden-city-movement/. Accessed July 17, 2026.