ABSTRACT
Half a century ago, Peterlee was the most exciting, radical and ambitious urban development project in Britain, with uniquely favourable pre-conditions – unqualified Government backing, a splendid site, solid local support, and the most talented and dynamic modern architect in England at the helm – Berthold Lubetkin. Two years later, the project lay in ruins and Lubetkin himself had withdrawn into a 30year voluntary exile.
