Main entry:

French, Hilary.

Title & Author:

New urban housing / Hilary French.

Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2006.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 186) and index.
Terraces and row houses -- Schieflstätte housing complex (Graz, Austria) -- Condensed housing development (South Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany) -- Nieuw Terbregge (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) -- Housing block 16X68 (Ljubljana, Slovenia) -- In-between terrace (Whatcott's Yard, London UK) -- Stuivesantplein housing (Tilburg, The Netherlands) -- Yoakum Street Town Houses (Houston, Texas, USA) -- Housing on the shore of Lake Gooi (Huizen, The Netherlands) -- Quadrangles and courtyards -- Westfield Student Village (Queen Mary College, London, UK) -- La Maquinista (Barcelona, Spain) -- High Cross Road (London, UK) -- Dwellings for young people (Leipzig, Germany) Town House (Wimbergergasse, Vienna, Austria) -- Mondrian Apartments (Sydney, Australia) -- Integrated housing (Ingolstadt, Germany) -- Harold Way Apartments (Hollywood, California, USA) -- Donnybrook Quarter (London, UK) -- City blocks and infill -- Estradenhaus (Berlin, Germany) -- Rue Pelleport apartments (Paris, France) -- Alfonso Reyes 58 Apartments (Mexico City, Mexico) -- Simmonds Hall, MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) -- Yerba Buena Lofts (San Francisco, California, USA) -- Housing in Auwiesen (Winterthur, Switzerland) -- D Residential building (Venice, Italy) -- Apartment Building Gasometer B (Vienna, Austria) -- CODAN Shinonome Canal Court, Centre Block, Block i (Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan) -- Schots 1 + 2 (Groningen, The Netherlands -- Towers and slab blocks -- 173 Perry Street / 165 Charles Street (New York, USA) -- Contemporaine (Chicago, Illinois, USA) -- Housing Tower (Theresienhöhe, Munich, Germany) -- Flower Tower (Paris, France -- Apartments (Maia, Porto, Portugal) -- Macquarie Street Apartments (Aurora Place, Sydney, Australia) -- Social dwellings (Lakua, Vitoria, Spain) -- Sejima Wing (Kitagata Apartments, Gifu Prefecture, Japan) -- Mirador Apartments (Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain).

Summary:

"The design of high-density housing is inextricably linked to the growth of towns and cities: as urban centers have increased in both geographical size and density, housing has had to be provided to accommodate the numbers and needs of the population. Whether highly visible or merged with the existing cityscape, a vast proportion of the fabric of any city is made up of residential space. New Urban Housing looks at the most inventive contemporary projects built in countries around the world." "Author Hilary French provides a comprehensive introduction of this building type, from its industrial beginnings in London and Paris to New York City's Lower East Side and the 20th-century designs of Le Corbusier, Antonio Sant'Elia, and Mies van der Rohe. The book examines different formal typologies of urban housing: terrace and row houses, quadrangles and courtyards, city blocks and infill (or renovated and reused sites), and towers and slab blocks. Thirty-six case studies from fourteen countries are presented by architects including Steven Holl, Richard Meier, KoningEizenberg Architecture, Eduardo Souto de Moura, and Renzo Piano. Each is illustrated in full color and is accompanied by detailed plans and drawings that discuss the needs of the site and place the project in its surrounding context."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0300115784
9780300115789
1856696030
9781856696036

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.
Dwellings Design and construction.
Housing Design and construction.
Apartment houses Design and construction.
Planned communities Design.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Cities and towns Growth.
Population density.
House construction.
Architecture, Modern.
High density housing Design.
Mixed-use developments Design.
Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.
Habitations Construction.
Densité de construction.
Immeubles d'habitation Conception et construction.
Collectivités nouvelles Design.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Urbanisation.
Villes Croissance.
urbanization.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.
Architecture, Domestic

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
Dessins d'architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247737
Call No.: BIB 177278
Status: Available