The Urban Housing Handbook / / Eric Firley and Victor Deupi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910741099303321
• Autore: Firley Eric
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 1-119-65371-1; 1-119-65369-X
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 pages)
• Disciplina: 728
• Soggetti: Architecture, Domestic; Dwellings
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction to the New Edition -- 15 Years Later -- Fighting for Relevance on a Precipice of Buzzwords -- Covid-19, and the Question of What Is Essential -- Decolonizing Typology -- Introduction to the First Edition -- Organisation and Treatment of the Book -- The House, The Street, The Block and The City -- The Notion of Type and the Four Major Groups -- The Understanding of the Building Process Versus a Solely Aesthetic Focus -- Urban Housing and Density -- The Contemporary Element and its Position Within the Project -- Siheyuan -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- From Courtyard to Community: No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong -- Community Re-Building: True North Housing Complex -- Casa Chorizo -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- A Habitat of Playful Housing: Zamudio 4764-68 -- Perforated to Perfection: Iturbide Studio -- Patio House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Space for Meditation: Ruang Tekuni Apartments -- Dar -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Rethinking Density: Niamey 2000 Housing -- Monastic Living: Zen House -- Machiya -- History and Development Process -- ; Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Floating Sub-Platform: House in Chau Doc -- Mini House -- History and Development Process -- Urban and Architectural Type, or No Type at All? -- Analogies with the Past -- Summary -- Conquering Perceptions: R Micro Housing -- Living Modestly: Maison T -- Tower House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Micro-Regeneration: Mengsheng House Renovation -- Villa Quadruple -- History and Development Process.; Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Pin-Wheel Privacy: 360º Building -- Chinese Shophouse -- Origins -- Main Architectural Features of the Early Shophouses from Malacca -- The British Influence on the Development of the Shophouse -- Summary -- Louvered Facade: Townhouse with a Folding-Up Shutter -- Front Garden House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- New Options for Urban Living: Rain Garden Apartments -- Live-Work Urbanism: East Howard Place -- Terrace House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Terrace House with Mews -- From Synthesis to Variation: Rochester Way -- Longtang House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- The Luxury of Privacy: L_61 Apartments -- Cité -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Interlocking Density: Blue Water Workforce Housing -- Courtyards and Passages -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- The Sobriety of Buildings: Social Housing -- Garden Courtyard Block -- Introduction -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- The Eternal Courtyard: Plaza la Reina -- Terrassen -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Pinch-Point Amenities: Dillon 617 Housing -- Pol House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- A Seed for Catalyzing Change: Caledonian Somosaguas -- Würfelhaus -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Return to Order: Cube House -- SoBe Walk-Up Apartments -- Introduction -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary.; Strange Making: Carrizal Housing -- Courtyards -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Heterogeneous Fabric: Maiengasse Residential Development -- Megablock -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Downsizing the Block: City Center -- Casa de Blocco -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Helping People to Help Themselves: "More than Housing" Cooperative -- Zinshaus -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Living Toward the Interior: Casa Jardín Escandón -- Wohnburg -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Meandering: Weltpostpark Housing -- Rambling Green: Prado Concorde Apartments -- Berlage-block -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Paradoxical Living: McGrath Road Housing -- Plex House -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Emphasizing the Corner: Village WVW -- Mietskaserne -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Intertwined Courtyards: Theresienstraße Development -- Post-Haussmannien House -- History and Development Process: -- ; Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Stone Building: 027 OBK -- Stick Building: Nordre Gate, Alliance Architecture Studio -- Casa de Renta -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- Louvered Living: Apartment Building for Four Friends -- Apartment Tower -- History and Development Process -- Urban Configuration -- Architecture -- Summary -- A Living Organism: Vertical Itaim Building -- Stretched Wide: Marlowe Apartments -- Figure Ground Comparisons (1:5,000) -- Process Comparison Table.; Density Comparison Table -- Selected Bibliography on the Topic of Housing Types and Urban Morphology: -- Index -- Picture credits -- EULA.