Fisker, Kay, 1893-1965, author.

Kay Fisker : Copenhagen housing types (1936), row-house types (1941) / edited by Luca Ortelli and Chiara Monterumisi ; translator, Andrew Swearingen.

First edition.

Lausanne : EPFL Press, 2024.

lxxiv, 80, 49 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans ; 30 cm

The book offers for the first time the translation of two surveys conducted by the leading Danish modern architect Kay Fisker and the students of his classes. The two texts are reproduced as facsimile edition, hence the scope has been maintaining the original layout along with critical examinations, diagrams and an impressive quantity of comparative drawings. The book is not solely the translation of the two analysis, indeed it delves the main features of Fisker's works of architecture and the cultural context within which the explorations on housing types were conducted at the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The systematic approach, the richness of selected examples, as well as the analytic content, make this book valuable beyond its historic and geographic limits. Due to the topical interest in the field of housing studies, the translation of Copenhagen Housing Types (1936) and Row House Types (1941) will provide students and professionals a clear and useful instrument for comprehending the evolution of the cities, as well as for housing design from an architectural and urban perspective.

9782889154418 paperback
2889154416 paperback

Architecture, Domestic Denmark Copenhagen 20th century.
Housing Denmark Copenhagen.
City planning Denmark Copenhagen.
Architecture, Domestic
City planning
Housing
Denmark Copenhagen

Ortelli, Luca, editor.
Monterumisi, Chiara, editor.

Copenhagen housing types (1936), row-house types (1941)

Location: Library main 324514
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