New Urban Housing - Softcover

Hilary French

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856696030 ISBN 13: 9781856696036

Publisher: Laurence King, 2009

Synopsis

192 pages, illustrated throughout

About this title

Synopsis:

This title is new in paperback. As cities have grown, housing has had to be provided to accommodate the increasing population. Driven primarily by the need to provide housing as cheaply and efficiently as possible, the ideas developed by the early Modernists have informed housing schemes worldwide. Today, in the context of a very different urban landscape, architects optimistic about high-density living are revisiting the conventional types and evolving new models. After an introduction covering the recent development of the apartment block as an urban housing type, this books consists of four chapters devoted to recent examples of urban housing from around the world.The projects are selected for their ability to demonstrate an innovative architectural approach. French examines four formal typologies: terraces and row houses, quadrangles and courtyards, city blocks and infill, and towers and slabs. Photographs, drawings and specially drawn site plans place each featured project in its surrounding context.

About the Author:

Hilary French is head of the School of Architecture and Design at the Royal College of Art, London. Her books include Architecture: A Crash Course and Accommodating Change: Innovation in Housing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurence King
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1856696030
• ISBN 13: 9781856696036
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192