Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Popular Genres

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Building Community: New Apartment Architecture

Building Community: New Apartment Architecture

Michael Webb
4.1/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
There's an urgent need to build more and better apartments: to relieve an acute shortage of affordable housing in major cities; to use scarce land more economically; to save energy wasted on long-distance commutes; and to revitalize urban centers. These challenges have led to the creation of some of the most inventive contemporary buildings of the last few years.


In his new book Building Community, author Michael Webb explores apartment buildings as a typology of growing significance and traces the history of multiple-occupancy housing through its most innovative 20th-century exemplars. These range from the pioneering projects of Henri Sauvage and Michel de Klerk to the landscaped housing estates of Weimar Germany, the radical proposals of Le Corbusier, and public housing in post-war Europe.


Thirty recent apartment complexes are grouped by theme, from compact urban villages to mega-structures, and from social housing to upscale high-rises. Each is considered for the way in which it enriches the lives of residents and the city, and is illustrated with drawings and photographs. Nine projects currently under construction anticipate the surge of innovation as architects become increasingly involved in this area of design.


Creativity is the theme that links these diversified examples: finding new ways to share space, while maintaining a balance of privacy and community. Building Community offers dozens of proven successes, offering valuable lessons in the creation of good living environments. It also includes interviews with Bjarke Ingels, Édouard François, Michael Maltzan, Lorcan O'Herlihy and Stanley Saitowitz: architects who have each set an example for their peers.
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Thames Hudson
Release
March 21, 2017
ISBN
0500343306
ISBN 13
9780500343302

Building Community: New Apartment Architecture

Michael Webb
4.1/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
There's an urgent need to build more and better apartments: to relieve an acute shortage of affordable housing in major cities; to use scarce land more economically; to save energy wasted on long-distance commutes; and to revitalize urban centers. These challenges have led to the creation of some of the most inventive contemporary buildings of the last few years.


In his new book Building Community, author Michael Webb explores apartment buildings as a typology of growing significance and traces the history of multiple-occupancy housing through its most innovative 20th-century exemplars. These range from the pioneering projects of Henri Sauvage and Michel de Klerk to the landscaped housing estates of Weimar Germany, the radical proposals of Le Corbusier, and public housing in post-war Europe.


Thirty recent apartment complexes are grouped by theme, from compact urban villages to mega-structures, and from social housing to upscale high-rises. Each is considered for the way in which it enriches the lives of residents and the city, and is illustrated with drawings and photographs. Nine projects currently under construction anticipate the surge of innovation as architects become increasingly involved in this area of design.


Creativity is the theme that links these diversified examples: finding new ways to share space, while maintaining a balance of privacy and community. Building Community offers dozens of proven successes, offering valuable lessons in the creation of good living environments. It also includes interviews with Bjarke Ingels, Édouard François, Michael Maltzan, Lorcan O'Herlihy and Stanley Saitowitz: architects who have each set an example for their peers.
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Thames Hudson
Release
March 21, 2017
ISBN
0500343306
ISBN 13
9780500343302

More books from Michael Webb

101 Romantic Ideas: Creative Ways to Romance Your Love

3.1/5 ( ratings)

500 Lovemaking Tips And Secrets

4.2/5 ( ratings)

300 Creative Dates

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Modernism Reborn: Mid-Century American Houses

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Stroke By Stroke

4/5 ( ratings)

Venice,CA: Art and Architecture in a Maveric Community

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Art Invention House

3.6/5 ( ratings)

George Nelson: Compact Design Portfolio

4.2/5 ( ratings)

2014 March Vol. 3

4.4/5 ( ratings)

The Architecture of Stations and Terminals

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Guía para identificar aves por su comportamiento (Guías Practicas)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Beach Houses

4.5/5 ( ratings)

2014 May Vol. 5

5/5 ( ratings)

2014 August Vol. 8

5/5 ( ratings)

2014 November Vol. 11

5/5 ( ratings)

MATHPOWER 10 Ontario Edition

5/5 ( ratings)

Richard Neutra: The Kaufmann House: Offered at Auction by Christie's Realty International, Inc.

4/5 ( ratings)

Adventurous Wine Architecture

3/5 ( ratings)

Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way

3/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?

loader