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THE URBAN HOUSING HANDBOOK

An insightful and revealing look at the intersection of housing and urban design

In the newly revised Second Edition of The Urban Housing Handbook, Eric Firley and Victor Deupi deliver a vital design and analysis tool for housing practitioners, students, and researchers. The book outlines the characteristics of 30 of the most notable housing types from around the world, studied against a background of increasing densification.

Each of the 30 chapters includes a fully-explored tradi tional example followed by one or two contemporary projects of similar spatial configuration that address changing trends in architecture and urban design.

For this latest edition all contemporary examples have been updated and are now presented on two full spreads per chapter.

Other features include:

  • A rigorous analytical method that classifies the types according to four main categories (courtyard houses, row houses, compounds and apar

    Table of Contents

    viii Introduction to the New Edition

    xii Introduction to the First Edition

    2 Siheyuan (Beijing)

    10 From Courtyard to Community: No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong

    12 Community Re-Building: True North Housing Complex

    14 Casa Chorizo (Buenos Aires)

    22 A Habitat of Playful Housing: Zamudio 4764-68

    24 Perforated to Perfection: Iturbide Studio

    26 Patio House (Quito)

    34 Space for Meditation: Ruang Tekuni Apartments

    38 Dar (Marrakesh)

    46 Rethinking Density: Niamey 2000 Housing

    48 Monastic Living: Zen House

    50 Machiya (Kyoto)

    58 Floating Sub-Platform: House in Chau Doc

    62 Mini House (Tokyo)

    68 Conquering Perceptions: R Micro Housing

    70 Living Modestly: Maison T

    72 Tower House (Sana'a)

    80 Micro-Regeneration: Mengsheng House Renovation

    84 Villa Quadruple (Mulhouse)

    92 Pin-Wheel Privacy: 360º Building

    96 Chinese Shophouse (Singapore)

    104 Louvered Facade: Townhouse with a Folding-Up Shutter

    108 Front Garden House (Paris)

    116 New Options for Urban Living: Rain Garden Apartments

    118 Live-Work Urbanism: East Howard Place

    120 Terrace House (London)

    130 From Synthesis to Variation: Rochester Way

    134 Longtang House (Shanghai)

    142 The Luxury of Privacy: L_61 Apartments

    146 Cité (Santiago De Chile)

    154 Interlocking Density: Blue Water Workforce Housing

    158 Courtyards and Passages (Paris)

    166 The Sobriety of Buildings: Social Housing

    170 Garden Courtyard Block (Rome)

    178 The Eternal Courtyard: Plaza la Reina

    182 Terrassen (Hamburg)

    190 Pinch-Point Amenities: Dillon 617 Housing

    194 Pol House (Ahmedabad)

    202 A Seed for Catalyzing Change: Caledonian Somosaguas

    206 Würfelhaus (Dresden)

    214 Return to Order: Cube House

    218 SoBe Walk-Up Apartments (Miami beach)

    226 Strange Making: Carrizal Housing

    230 Courtyards (Chicago)

    238 Heterogeneous Fabric: Maiengasse Residential Development

    242 Megablock (Copenhagen)

    250 Downsizing the Block: City Center

    254 Casa de Blocco (Genoa)

    262 Helping People to Help Themselves: "More than Housing" Cooperative

    266 Zinshaus (Budapest)

    274 Living Toward the Interior: Casa Jardín Escandón

    278 Wohnburg (Hamburg)

    286 Meandering: Weltpostpark Housing

    288 Rambling Green: Prado Concorde Apartments

    290 Berlage-block (Amsterdam)

    298 Paradoxical Living: McGrath Road Housing

    302 Plex House (Montreal)

    310 Emphasizing the Corner: Village WVW

    314 Mietskaserne (Berlin)

    322 Intertwined Courtyards: Theresienstraße Development

    326 Post-Haussmannien House (Paris)

    334 Stone Building: 027 OBK

    336 Stick Building: Nordre Gate, Alliance Architecture Studio

    338 Casa de Renta (Barcelona)

    346 Louvered Living: Apartment Building for Four Friends

    350 Apartment Tower (New york city)

    358 A Living Organism: Vertical Itaim Building

    360 Stretched Wide: Marlowe Apartments

    362 Figure Ground Comparisons

    368 Process Comparison Table

    369 Density Comparison Table

    370 Bibliography

    374 Index

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      Book Synopsis
      THE URBAN HOUSING HANDBOOK

      An insightful and revealing look at the intersection of housing and urban design

      In the newly revised Second Edition of The Urban Housing Handbook, Eric Firley and Victor Deupi deliver a vital design and analysis tool for housing practitioners, students, and researchers. The book outlines the characteristics of 30 of the most notable housing types from around the world, studied against a background of increasing densification.

      Each of the 30 chapters includes a fully-explored tradi tional example followed by one or two contemporary projects of similar spatial configuration that address changing trends in architecture and urban design.

      For this latest edition all contemporary examples have been updated and are now presented on two full spreads per chapter.

      Other features include:

      • A rigorous analytical method that classifies the types according to four main categories (courtyard houses, row houses, compounds and apar

        Table of Contents

        viii Introduction to the New Edition

        xii Introduction to the First Edition

        2 Siheyuan (Beijing)

        10 From Courtyard to Community: No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong

        12 Community Re-Building: True North Housing Complex

        14 Casa Chorizo (Buenos Aires)

        22 A Habitat of Playful Housing: Zamudio 4764-68

        24 Perforated to Perfection: Iturbide Studio

        26 Patio House (Quito)

        34 Space for Meditation: Ruang Tekuni Apartments

        38 Dar (Marrakesh)

        46 Rethinking Density: Niamey 2000 Housing

        48 Monastic Living: Zen House

        50 Machiya (Kyoto)

        58 Floating Sub-Platform: House in Chau Doc

        62 Mini House (Tokyo)

        68 Conquering Perceptions: R Micro Housing

        70 Living Modestly: Maison T

        72 Tower House (Sana'a)

        80 Micro-Regeneration: Mengsheng House Renovation

        84 Villa Quadruple (Mulhouse)

        92 Pin-Wheel Privacy: 360º Building

        96 Chinese Shophouse (Singapore)

        104 Louvered Facade: Townhouse with a Folding-Up Shutter

        108 Front Garden House (Paris)

        116 New Options for Urban Living: Rain Garden Apartments

        118 Live-Work Urbanism: East Howard Place

        120 Terrace House (London)

        130 From Synthesis to Variation: Rochester Way

        134 Longtang House (Shanghai)

        142 The Luxury of Privacy: L_61 Apartments

        146 Cité (Santiago De Chile)

        154 Interlocking Density: Blue Water Workforce Housing

        158 Courtyards and Passages (Paris)

        166 The Sobriety of Buildings: Social Housing

        170 Garden Courtyard Block (Rome)

        178 The Eternal Courtyard: Plaza la Reina

        182 Terrassen (Hamburg)

        190 Pinch-Point Amenities: Dillon 617 Housing

        194 Pol House (Ahmedabad)

        202 A Seed for Catalyzing Change: Caledonian Somosaguas

        206 Würfelhaus (Dresden)

        214 Return to Order: Cube House

        218 SoBe Walk-Up Apartments (Miami beach)

        226 Strange Making: Carrizal Housing

        230 Courtyards (Chicago)

        238 Heterogeneous Fabric: Maiengasse Residential Development

        242 Megablock (Copenhagen)

        250 Downsizing the Block: City Center

        254 Casa de Blocco (Genoa)

        262 Helping People to Help Themselves: "More than Housing" Cooperative

        266 Zinshaus (Budapest)

        274 Living Toward the Interior: Casa Jardín Escandón

        278 Wohnburg (Hamburg)

        286 Meandering: Weltpostpark Housing

        288 Rambling Green: Prado Concorde Apartments

        290 Berlage-block (Amsterdam)

        298 Paradoxical Living: McGrath Road Housing

        302 Plex House (Montreal)

        310 Emphasizing the Corner: Village WVW

        314 Mietskaserne (Berlin)

        322 Intertwined Courtyards: Theresienstraße Development

        326 Post-Haussmannien House (Paris)

        334 Stone Building: 027 OBK

        336 Stick Building: Nordre Gate, Alliance Architecture Studio

        338 Casa de Renta (Barcelona)

        346 Louvered Living: Apartment Building for Four Friends

        350 Apartment Tower (New york city)

        358 A Living Organism: Vertical Itaim Building

        360 Stretched Wide: Marlowe Apartments

        362 Figure Ground Comparisons

        368 Process Comparison Table

        369 Density Comparison Table

        370 Bibliography

        374 Index

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