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The first major survey of contemporary apartment buildings that foster a sense of community while giving every resident an inspiring place to live.

Trade Review
'Ambitious in scope and geographical reference' - Architectural Review
'A well-judged book, useful, interesting and attractive' - World of Interiors
'It’s fascinating to see these creative responses to the deceptively simple challenge of fitting a lot of people into a small space' - The Economist
'In a world of risk-averse, profit-driven developers, creativity has taken a back seat. But Michael Webb celebrates the shining examples in which design has reached the next level' - Independent

Table of Contents
Introduction: Evolution of a Typology
1. Urban Villages
2. Lorcan O’Herlihy: Reaching Out
3. Building Blocks
4. Bjarke Ingels: Exploiting Irregularity
5. Promoting Sociability
6. Michael Maltzan: Housing for All
7. Spirit of Place
8. Stanley Saitowitz: Rigorous Strategies
9. Reaching Skyward
10. Edouard François: Green Towers
11. Looking Ahead

Building Community

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 19 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9780500296394
      978-0500296394
      ISBN-10 0500296391
      Also in:
      Art & Photography Architecture: residential

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first major survey of contemporary apartment buildings that foster a sense of community while giving every resident an inspiring place to live.

      Trade Review
      'Ambitious in scope and geographical reference' - Architectural Review
      'A well-judged book, useful, interesting and attractive' - World of Interiors
      'It’s fascinating to see these creative responses to the deceptively simple challenge of fitting a lot of people into a small space' - The Economist
      'In a world of risk-averse, profit-driven developers, creativity has taken a back seat. But Michael Webb celebrates the shining examples in which design has reached the next level' - Independent

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Evolution of a Typology
      1. Urban Villages
      2. Lorcan O’Herlihy: Reaching Out
      3. Building Blocks
      4. Bjarke Ingels: Exploiting Irregularity
      5. Promoting Sociability
      6. Michael Maltzan: Housing for All
      7. Spirit of Place
      8. Stanley Saitowitz: Rigorous Strategies
      9. Reaching Skyward
      10. Edouard François: Green Towers
      11. Looking Ahead

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