streets in the sky

Noun

plural plural-only

Architecture of a style that emerged in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, generally built to replace run-down terraced housing with modern improvements, and including shops and other community facilities within high-rise blocks.

Japanese Meaning

1960年代から1970年代にかけて英国で登場した建築様式。老朽化したテラスハウスの代替として、現代的な改善を施した高層住宅群が建設され、その中に店舗やその他の地域施設が組み込まれているという特徴を持つ。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

市営の新しい団地は、住戸と商店やコミュニティセンターを結ぶ空中回廊を備えており、戦後の近代的な生活像を体現していた。

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In the UK, the concept of 'streets in the sky' was first developed by the New Brutalist architects, Alison and Peter Smithson, in their widely published entry for the Corporation of London's Golden Lane Competition (1951).

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