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Housing Atlas

Europe – 20th Century

Orsina Simona Pierini Carmen Espegel Dick van Gameren Mark Swenarton

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English
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
27 November 2023
In Housing Atlas, beautifully drawn plans, sections and elevations illustrate nearly a hundred of the most important European housing schemes of the 20th century, a period when architects addressed the multiple challenges of modern urban living and responded with an array of innovative solutions. Today, architects are revisiting these designs as they seek answers to the current housing crisis.

Chronologically ordered, this is an essential survey of these key housing projects, produced by a pan-European team of leading scholars. Complete with contextual essays, the studies each include a history and analysis of the projects and the drawings are presented in a way that makes them readily comparable.

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Imprint:   Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 300mm,  Width: 240mm,  Spine: 34mm
ISBN:   9781848225879
ISBN 10:   1848225873
Pages:   384
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Orsina Simona Pierini is full Professor of architecture and urban design at the department of architecture and urban studies, the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Carmen Espegel is an award-winning architect and Professor at the School of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. Dick van Gameren is Professor of housing design and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Mark Swenarton is Emeritus Professor of architecture at Liverpool University, UK.

Reviews for Housing Atlas: Europe – 20th Century

'An invaluable resource for architects seeking solutions to the current housing crisis.' – Architecture Today 'The drawings, specially prepared for the book by the authors themselves, are exemplary: simple, clear, black and white.' – Bob Allies, Building Design 'It is hard to imagine a more opportune time in which to publish a compendium on housing ... This magnum opus is not so much a book to be read as it is a document to be worked through ... a tour de force.' – Kenneth Frampton, Architecture Today 'An essential survey of 20th century housing projects through the medium of drawings ... The authors present the 87 selected schemes in three standard scales and formats with incisive graphic clarity. The beautiful drawings explore the relationship between public and private realms, the urban and the domestic, the city and the dwelling place ... Presented with the projects chronologically and with such graphical rigour, the reader is able to compare and contrast schemes that are not normally thought of together, as well as make connections between projects across time.' – Betty Owoo, Architects’ Journal


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