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John Turner's classic essay now in its fourht edition makes a unique contribution to housing theory and practice. His three Laws of Housing summarize the psychological, social and economic basis of his thesis: 1. When people have no control over, nor responsibility for, key decisions in the housing process, dwelling environments may become a barrier to personal(...)
Housing by People: towards autonomy in building environments
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John Turner's classic essay now in its fourht edition makes a unique contribution to housing theory and practice. His three Laws of Housing summarize the psychological, social and economic basis of his thesis: 1. When people have no control over, nor responsibility for, key decisions in the housing process, dwelling environments may become a barrier to personal fulfilment and a burden on the economy. 2. The important thing about housing is not what it is, but what it does in people's lives. 3. Deficiencies and imperfections in your housing are infinitely more tolerable if they are your responsibility than if they are somebody else's.
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August 1990, London
Collective Housing
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Presented here are recent collective housing projects - in phase of development or execution through 2007 - that are characterised by their use of densification models in combination with good architecture. Many of the projects incorporate other uses, alongside residential ones in their programmes. This contributes both to density and intensity of use in respective(...)
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January 2008, Vitoria-Gasteiz
A+T Density Projects. 36 New Concepts on Collective Housing
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Presented here are recent collective housing projects - in phase of development or execution through 2007 - that are characterised by their use of densification models in combination with good architecture. Many of the projects incorporate other uses, alongside residential ones in their programmes. This contributes both to density and intensity of use in respective environments, in turn creating new urban nuclei and providing a solution to strained resources. Fully illustrated with plans, diagrams and elevations, ‘Density Projects' includes works from the likes of; BIG, Jean Nouvel, Kohn Pedersen Fox, MGM, No.MAD, Stephen Holl, Studio Gang Architects and VMX architects.
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January 2008, Vitoria-Gasteiz
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Town houses : urban houses from 1200 to the present day
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August 1998, New York
Collective Housing
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Christine Hunter looks at how legal, cultural, and technological standards have developed, and examines current criteria for a "minimum standard" family home, in three possible forms: freestanding house, attached house, and apartment. She discusses interior spaces, connections to the(...)
Ranches, rowhouses & railroad flats : American homes - how they shape our landscapes and neighbourhoods
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Christine Hunter looks at how legal, cultural, and technological standards have developed, and examines current criteria for a "minimum standard" family home, in three possible forms: freestanding house, attached house, and apartment. She discusses interior spaces, connections to the immediate outdoors, mechanical and plumbing connections, and connections to society. She emphasizes the varied and often conflicting environmental concerns, and examines how homes are grouped and combined with other building types and open spaces into neighborhoods.
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May 1999, New York
Collective Housing
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Drawing on government records, professional journals, and polemical writings, this book demonstrates how the Dutch government organized to support large-scale housing projects, how architects like Berlage redefined their role in service to society, and how the housing occupants were affected by public debates about working-class life, the cultural value of housing, and(...)
Housing design and society in Amsterdam : reconfiguring urban order and identity, 1900-1920
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Drawing on government records, professional journals, and polemical writings, this book demonstrates how the Dutch government organized to support large-scale housing projects, how architects like Berlage redefined their role in service to society, and how the housing occupants were affected by public debates about working-class life, the cultural value of housing, and the role of art in society.
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July 1998, Chicago
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6,000 years of housing
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Revised and expanded edition.
6,000 years of housing
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Revised and expanded edition.
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July 2000, New York
Collective Housing
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"London's Contemporary Architecture: A Visitor's Guide" is a practical and highly-illustrated guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. In full colour throughout, this map-based book contains comments and illustrations of more than 130 examples of London architectural projects from the last two decades. This third edition is completely up-to-date with(...)
London's contemporary architecture : a visitor's guide
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"London's Contemporary Architecture: A Visitor's Guide" is a practical and highly-illustrated guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. In full colour throughout, this map-based book contains comments and illustrations of more than 130 examples of London architectural projects from the last two decades. This third edition is completely up-to-date with the best and most interesting architecture of London, from the early 1980s right up to the first years of a new millennium for the city. As the book is logically arranged by geographical area, the reader is led on a physical and intellectual tour. This book directs the architectural enthusiast, professional or amateur, to the sites most worth visiting, and provides the essential background information for architectural appreciation. This includes references to the most significant and enjoyable of London's other architecture, of all periods.
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6,000 years of housing
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Part architecture, part history, and part anthropology, this encyclopedic book limns the story of housing around the world from the pre-urban dwellings of nomadic, semi-nomadic, and sedentary agricultural societies to the present. Ancient urban dwellings were inward-looking, ranged around a courtyard. Until fairly recently, these dwelling types survived in indigenous(...)
6,000 years of housing
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Part architecture, part history, and part anthropology, this encyclopedic book limns the story of housing around the world from the pre-urban dwellings of nomadic, semi-nomadic, and sedentary agricultural societies to the present. Ancient urban dwellings were inward-looking, ranged around a courtyard. Until fairly recently, these dwelling types survived in indigenous urban house forms in the Islamic world, India, China, and the Iberian peninsula and Latin America. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, however, outward-looking house forms replaced the ancient form in most of Europe and the New World. In the Middle Ages houses served both as homes and as places of work, but gradually the domestic and business lives of the inhabitants became separate. In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, profound changes in the residential development of the western world occurred: housing became segregated along socioeconomic lines and dwelling types polarized, with low-density, single-family houses at one extreme, and tall, high-density, multifamily tenements and apartments at the other. Side effects of America’s automobile-intensive suburban dream housing include inefficient land use, pollution, and urban decay. "6,000 Years of Housing" chronicles how this came about, and suggests solutions based on a rich variety of historical precedents.
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July 2003, New York
Collective Housing
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Présentation de huit opérations pilotes, dans le domaine de l'habitat individuel, développées sur différents sites en France et mettant l'accent sur la valeur d'usage et le rapport à l'autre.
Voisins - Voisines : Nouvelles formes d'habitat individuel en France
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Présentation de huit opérations pilotes, dans le domaine de l'habitat individuel, développées sur différents sites en France et mettant l'accent sur la valeur d'usage et le rapport à l'autre.
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The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W. H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such as Bournville, and the(...)
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July 2006, Liverpool
A guide to Port Sunlight Village, revised edition
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The model industrial village of Port Sunlight was founded by the soap manufacturer W. H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) in 1888 for the factory workers of his firm of Lever Brothers. The village was acclaimed from the first as exemplifying the best in English town planning and house design, and greatly influenced subsequent industrial villages such as Bournville, and the garden city movement more generally. This guide considers the village in its historical context, with particular emphasis on the planning and architectural aspects. It explains the social and visual significance of Port Sunlight and the reasons for its being unique in the history of town planning, as well as looking at the way its development was influenced by changing fashions in civic design. The relevance of Lever’s own character and interests – his social conscience, his love of art and beauty and his architectural enthusiasms – is also examined. Two tours, one for pedestrians and one for car drivers, which include and describe the most significant buildings of the village, are an additional feature of the guide.
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