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This book is the first in a series of three books about the proposed demolition of public housing, the people who live in these estates, and the environmental, social and economic case for retaining these sites. This first publication features Ascot Vale Estate in Melbourne. Featuring interviews with residents, photos of the estate by architectural photographer Ben(...)
Retain, repair, reinvest: Ascot Vale
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This book is the first in a series of three books about the proposed demolition of public housing, the people who live in these estates, and the environmental, social and economic case for retaining these sites. This first publication features Ascot Vale Estate in Melbourne. Featuring interviews with residents, photos of the estate by architectural photographer Ben Hosking, & commissioned essays and interviews with academics, an architect and economist about the value of public housing. In a time where all 44 high-rise towers in Melbourne are set to be demolished, displacing 10,000 residents, this book will help to tell the story of the environmental, social and economic cost of this destruction - and highlight the opportunities for investing in the public housing assets we already have.The book expands on the ''Retain, repair, reinvest'' feasibility and design proposal for the estate by non-for-profit architecture and design firm OFFICE.
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Written by an architect who has been designing and building affordable housing for thirty years, this well-illustrated book is both a call to create well-designed places for the homeless and a review of innovative and successful building designs that now serve diverse communities across the United States. Sam Davis argues for safe and functional architectural designs and(...)
Designing for the homeless : architecture that works
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Written by an architect who has been designing and building affordable housing for thirty years, this well-illustrated book is both a call to create well-designed places for the homeless and a review of innovative and successful building designs that now serve diverse communities across the United States. Sam Davis argues for safe and functional architectural designs and programs that symbolically reintegrate the homeless into society in buildings that offer beauty, security, and hope to those most in need. Davis presents a new perspective, considering the personal concerns of the homeless, the social costs of homelessness, and organizational and design issues. He examines problems of community fit and site planning, building design and orga-nization, and interior layout and suggests how to weigh costs and optimize expenditures. He asks and answers a range of challenging questions: What is possible and desirable when designing a new facility for the homeless? Should it be elegant or unassuming? What types of spaces should be included? How should it look and what should it feel like? Should it be more like a house or more like a dormitory? What is the proper balance between function, quality of construction, and architectural delight? Designing for the Homeless recounts how various communities have addressed the problem of housing the homeless, beginning with one of the most ambitious plans, the St. Vincent de Paul Village in San Diego, which opened in 1987. Davis vividly recounts the plight of those who become homeless.
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In view of the growing number of diverse life styles, the search for flexible, adaptable floor plans has become a fundamental issue in residential building. That the continued demand in urban centres can only be responsibly satisfied by high-density housing is undisputed. More than ever before, building high-density housing is a complex, diverse and challenging task for(...)
High-density housing: Concepts, planning, construction
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In view of the growing number of diverse life styles, the search for flexible, adaptable floor plans has become a fundamental issue in residential building. That the continued demand in urban centres can only be responsibly satisfied by high-density housing is undisputed. More than ever before, building high-density housing is a complex, diverse and challenging task for planners and architects. This book presents international projects which document the breadth and complexity of the task, from the design of the floor plans, the development and use of resources, to the use of economically beneficial building systems. The high quality of the architecture and construction in such residential areas can be clearly seen in the uniform illustrations of the floor plans, and large-scale drawings of details which facilitate comparison. The introductory contributions discuss extensively the difficult and provocative topic of floor plan design and development. This book is a comprehensive review of the current state of residential building, the perspectives, trends and future developments.
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September 2004
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En vue de bâtir, concrètement et immédiatement, une société modèle, Jean-Baptiste André Godin, l'inventeur du célèbre poêle en fonte, associe de manière inédite le travail, le capital et le talent. Parce qu'il y a là une tentative de vivre et de travailler autrement, parce qu'il y a là une utopie, l'oeuvre de Godin interpelle. Une série d'articles, de récits et de(...)
Habiter l'utopie : le familistère Godin à Guise
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En vue de bâtir, concrètement et immédiatement, une société modèle, Jean-Baptiste André Godin, l'inventeur du célèbre poêle en fonte, associe de manière inédite le travail, le capital et le talent. Parce qu'il y a là une tentative de vivre et de travailler autrement, parce qu'il y a là une utopie, l'oeuvre de Godin interpelle. Une série d'articles, de récits et de témoignages complète ce volume en rendant compte des jugements émis par les chroniqueurs, des réformateurs sociaux ou des écrivains parmi lesquels compte Émile Zola, au regard de l'expérience novatrice et audacieuse de Godin
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April 2004, Paris
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This book demonstrates, through discussions on sustainability and regional identity, and via a series of case studies, that the courtyard housing form has a future as well as a past.
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August 2004, New York
Courtyard housing : past, present & future
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This book demonstrates, through discussions on sustainability and regional identity, and via a series of case studies, that the courtyard housing form has a future as well as a past.
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Ten projects by Spanish architects have been selected from more than thirty restricted competitions under the auspices of the EMV in recent years. The five projects by foreigh architects are some of the EMV commissions that have involved the mediation of a Spanish architect in the course of the process.
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January 1900, Madrid
Metropolitan housing Madrid 15 housing projects - 15 proyectos de vivienda E.M.V
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Ten projects by Spanish architects have been selected from more than thirty restricted competitions under the auspices of the EMV in recent years. The five projects by foreigh architects are some of the EMV commissions that have involved the mediation of a Spanish architect in the course of the process.
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Housing for the people: what opportunities exist for this democratic ideal now that the scope for publicly funded architecture is being curtailed in so many countries by the free market? Who are breaking the boundaries to create innovative housing stock? Are attitudes changing towards what is possible? How are the employment of pre-fabrication techniques, materials and(...)
Home front : new developments in housing
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Housing for the people: what opportunities exist for this democratic ideal now that the scope for publicly funded architecture is being curtailed in so many countries by the free market? Who are breaking the boundaries to create innovative housing stock? Are attitudes changing towards what is possible? How are the employment of pre-fabrication techniques, materials and information technologies being harnessed? Or could the new alliances that are being hammered out between designers and housebuilders signal the onset of a new era of design-conscious private mass housing? With contributors writing on six distinct geographical areas –Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the UK – as well as emergency dwellings, a worldwide perspective is established. Contents : Agrest and Gandelsonas; Alsop Architects; Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer; BKK-3 Architektur; Brunnberg & Forshed Arkitektkontor; Caples Jefferson Architects; Kerry and Lindsay Clare; de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM); Design Inc; FOB Homes; Gans & Jelacic; Alexander Gorlin Architects; Vicente Guallart; Hanrahan + Meyers Architects; Haworth Tompkins Architects; Kazuhiro Kojima; Marpillero Pollak Architects; Mecanoo Architecten; Mikan-Sei Homes; NL Architects; Oldhausen DuBois; Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg; Proctor and Matthews Architects; Pugh Scarpa Kodama Architects; Sergison Bates Architects; Ken Smith; Stanisic Associates and Turner Associates; Stephenson Bell; Jens Th Arnfred; Thanhauser Esterson Kapell (TEK; Architects; Urban Affairs and Joep Mol Architects; Weiz + Yoes.
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Vienna has never lost sight of two things: the need to build and maintain residential housing stock and the continued policy of land banking. This publication focuses on the city as a means to examine the current state of residential construction.
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July 2024
ARCH+ Vienna: the end of housing (as a typology)
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Vienna has never lost sight of two things: the need to build and maintain residential housing stock and the continued policy of land banking. This publication focuses on the city as a means to examine the current state of residential construction.
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The UK’s landmark Housing Act of 1919 catalyzed the rapid development of state-owned public housing in planned council estates. Construction of these estates has largely ceased since the Thatcherist austerity policies of the ’80s. Fast-forward a few decades and the estates have met various fates; some council estates are now considered notorious, while others are arguably(...)
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March 2024
London estates: Modernist council housing 1946-1981
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The UK’s landmark Housing Act of 1919 catalyzed the rapid development of state-owned public housing in planned council estates. Construction of these estates has largely ceased since the Thatcherist austerity policies of the ’80s. Fast-forward a few decades and the estates have met various fates; some council estates are now considered notorious, while others are arguably the most desirable places to live in London. This book features 275 estates from the City and every borough. A huge range of architectural styles are represented: from prefabricated and “self-built” schemes to Modernist and Brutalist designs, including over 30 protected historic buildings. There are designs from a broad range of architects, including Denys Lasdun, Erno Goldfinger, Basil Spence and many more. Kate Macintosh’s ziggurat-inspired Dawson’s Heights (1972) shares space with Chamberlin, Powell & Bon’s primary-colored tower Golden Lane Estate (1962). From the paltry to the posh, each estate possesses a fascinating history, and is emblematic of a distinct vision of urban planning.
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The book tells the story of communal living from about 1850 until today. Three motives of sharing - the economic, political and social intention - divide the residential objects, which are investigated in a historical analysis and allocated to nine development phases. The author investigates and compares different forms of housing and the way they developed from their(...)
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December 2024
A history of collective living: Forms of shared housing
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The book tells the story of communal living from about 1850 until today. Three motives of sharing - the economic, political and social intention - divide the residential objects, which are investigated in a historical analysis and allocated to nine development phases. The author investigates and compares different forms of housing and the way they developed from their origins until today; she illustrates how everyday shared living and the degrees of privacy in housing are practiced in Europe. Owing to its comprehensive documentation, the analysis of typologies, layout plans, and user and expert interviews, the book can also be considered to be a lexicon or handbook on communal living. A detailed overview that is unique in this form.
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