The Urban Housing Handbook

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With 30 examples of traditional housing types and a further 30 contemporary examples.

The handbook provides graphic representations and analysis of 30 case studies from around the world. These range from the London town house to apartments in Chicago and New York, taking in other European, South American, Moroccan, and Asian examples. In each chapter, a housing type is fully explored through a traditional case study and then a more modern example that demonstrates how it has been reinterpreted in a contemporary context.

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Eric Firley is an architect and urban designer, who is currently based in Paris. After studying in Lausanne, Weimar and London, he worked in several practices and design consultancies in France and the UK. Having initiated this project in 2005, he has spent over two years writing and researching it, travelling extensively in the process. Caroline Stahl has run a Paris-based architecture practice since 2001. Born in Berlin, she studied in Weimar and Milan. She has worked on a wide range of projects in Germany and France. She undertook extensive research on housing for this book and developed the comparative contemporary studies. Katharina Grön is a German urban designer who graduated in early 2008. She has helped produce the graphic material for the book, redrawing the urban and architectural plans.

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Introduction
Siheyuan
Non-private living - a counter model for siheyuan in Beijing: Monyama house, Tokyo
Casa Chorizo
The private home as the basic element of the city block: Casa
Patio House
The facade acting as interface: Patio Island, Ypenburg
Dar and Riad
Courtyard houses in an artificial landscape: the Copenhagen mountain dwellings
Kyo-machiya
Furniture in the yard: Rue de Suisse, Paris
Mini House
The house in the middle of its neighbourhood or the world in the house - Japanese single-family houses
Tower House
The vertical floor plan: Tokyo Tower House
Quadruple Villa
Example of living style: Quadruple Villa, Mulhouse
Chinese Shophouse
Draftless design: Hanoi Space Book
Terrace House with Mews
Two faces of a house: Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge
Front Garden House
A break in style revealed: compound in Rue de la Colonie, Paris
Terrace House
Terraced open space - houses in Graz and Les Herbiers
Longtang House
Spotlight on collective living: Seijo Garden Courts
Cité
The parasite in the block: Viviendas entre Medianeras, Seville
Courtyards and Passages
The interrupted spatial sequence of faubourg architecture: apartments and studios in Rue de Charonne in Paris
Hamburger Terrassen (Falkenried)
An urban settlement: Donnybrook in London
Pol House
The block as a miniature city: Carabanchel
Würfelhaus
Variability within a constant building form: The city villas of Spandau
Chicago Courtyards
The house in the block: Lisbon Oriente Complex
Megablock
The megablock - a continuation of architectural tradition Charlottehaven
Town Palace (Casa de Blocco)
The city as a work of art: the Paris quarter of Massena
Zinshaus
Improvement after the fact: multiple dwelling units in Mexico
Hamburger Burg
Structured living: 'VM Houses' in Copenhagen
Berlage Superblock
Design rules for the city block: Front de Parc, Bercy, Paris
Plex-House
The 'planted' single-family house - Yerba Buena lofts, San Francisco
Miertskaserne
Space defined by passage and courtyard: Passage Groix in Paris
Post-Haussmannian Apartment Building
Haussmann Light - Buildings in Rue Louis Blanc in Paris
Casa de Mig and Casa de Quart
Selective transparency of the block: Viviendas in El Gramal
Casa de Renta
New approach to architectural tradition: Buenos Aires
Early Residential Towers
A city reinvents itself: high-rise apartments in Vancouver
Figure Ground Comparisons
Process Comparison Table
Density Comparison Table
Bibliography
Index