News
March 2009
Did you know?
Artaius is based in Stevenage Hertfordshire and Stevenage’s neighbouring town, Letchworth was founded in 1903 as the world’s first Garden City and is based on the vision of the social reformer Ebenezer Howard, who wanted to relieve the crowded slums of London.
The aim, supported by prominent Quakers and the Arts and Crafts movement was to provide clean industries, low-rent housing and good services in a health country environment. The town was divided into zones, with the industrial areas kept separate from the residential areas.
The whole town was ringed by an area of agricultural land which was an early example of what we today understand as “green belt”. Welwyn Garden city shortly followed the development of Letchworth and soon the town model was being replicated in the Australian Capital of Canberra in 1913!
