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Mid-Rise Urban Living

Chris Johnson

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English
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
07 June 2021
Architectural structure & design; Houses, apartments, flats, units; City & town planning - architectural aspects
Many communities in cities around the world do not like the growing number of residential towers, but they also realise that the detached house is not a sustainable urban solution. Between these two extremes, there is a ‘missing middle’ of mid-rise apartment buildings that relate to the street and are within the height of trees. This book argues that the mid-rise way of urban living is an essential component of growing cities, demonstrating that the economics of this form of development are better than that of terrace houses or town houses. It begins by examining successful historic precedents of this housing type, such as the tenements of Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona and New York and successful mid-rise housing in London. The book then discusses reasons for the relative lack of contemporary mid-rise housing developments, including planning legislation, and the perception that it is a dull and uniform building type. It brings together and analyses a wide range of award-winning international contemporary examples by leading architecture firms, looks at the importance of location, the need for urban placemaking, visual interest and design diversity and mixed use precincts, and highlights the advantages, including demographic diversity, urban density, sociability and reduction of car use.
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Imprint:   Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 250mm,  Width: 190mm, 
ISBN:   9781848224643
ISBN 10:   1848224648
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1: A Brief History of Urban Density. 2: Urban Morphology Options. 3: Planning Public and Private Spaces. 4: Case Studies by Type - Street-edge buildings; Free-form curvilinear apartments; Mixed-use examples; Apartments with green landscapes; Affordable apartments. 5: Case Studies by Region - Asian garden living by WOHA; European design solutions by MVRDV; Australian adventures by ARM and others; American authenticity by The Architectural Team; Britain’s joyful buildings by dRMM. 6: Barriers, Myths and Challenges. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Chris Johnson is an architect and planner who was responsible for architecture and planning in NSW for 15 years and led the Australian Urban Taskforce.

Reviews for Mid-Rise Urban Living

'Chris Johnson, who worked as New South Wales Government Architect and was CEO of Urban Taskforce Australia, is something of a 21st-century, Down Under version of Jane Jacobs.... Johnson points out one of the most important aspects of mid-rise buildings: retaining the scale and human-scaled character of urban districts, be it in the Village and elsewhere.' - A Daily Dose of Architecture Books


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