Front to back [[electronic resource] ] : a design agenda for urban housing / / Sally Lewis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784337203321
• Autore: Lewis Sally
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Architectural Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1-136-40193-8; 1-280-63123-6; 9786610631230; 1-4294-0888-X; 0-08-045450-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 711.58; 728.094
• Soggetti: Housing - Design; City planning - Design
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT TO BACK a design agenda for urban housing; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part one; Chapter 1: The urban design agenda; Chapter 2: The sustainability agenda; Chapter 3: The community agenda; Chapter 4: The social agenda; Part two; Chapter 5: A design agenda; Chapter 6: Introduction to the case studies; Chapter 7: Housing at Parc de Bercy, Paris; Chapter 8: Tango Housing at Bo01, Malmo; Chapter 9: Century Court, Cheltenham; Chapter 10: Palm Housing, Coin Street, London; Chapter 11: Homes in the Calle del Carme, Barcelona; Conclusion; References and further readingIllustrations acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: FRONT TO BACK sees urban housing as places to live rather than individual buildings. Using a unique design agenda it provides a step by step approach to achieving quality urban living.