Research Catalog

Title

Urban housing forms / Jingmin Zhou, with an introduction by Ian Colquhoun.

Author

Zhou, Jingmin, 1965-

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Colquhoun, Ian.

Description

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans; 30 cm

Summary

In this text, the authors examine a wide variety of solutions to the problem of providing affordable, well-designed housing as a vital factor in maintaining the quality of urban living.

Subject

• Dwellings > Design and construction
• Architecture, Domestic
• Planned communities > Design
• Housing
• House construction
• dwellings
• House construction
• Architecture, Domestic
• Dwellings > Design and construction
• Housing

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction : urban housing design -- 1. Density : under 30 dwellings per acre -- Urban Villas Mariagrun : Graz, Austria, 1997 / Szyszkowitz -- Kowalski -- British High Commission housing : New Delhi, India, 1994 / Raj Rewal -- Daybreak Grove : California, USA, 1993 / David Killroy Architects -- Claustro de las Fuentes housing : Coahuila, Mexico, 1984 / Mario Schjetnan, José Luis Pérez, GDU -- Mure housing project : Mitaka, Japan, 1990 / Yasumitsu Matsunaga -- Housing Chriesmatt : Zurich, Switzerland, 1984 / Rolf Keller -- Aspern-Biberhaufenweg : Vienna, Austria, 1985 / Heinz Tesar, Otto Hauselmayer, Carl Pruscher -- Wohnbau Neufeldweg : Graz, Austria, 1988 / Gunther Domenig -- Housing in Duren : Duren, Germany, 1997 / Herman Hertzberger -- Schiessstatte housing complex : Graz, Austria, 1999 / Szyszkowitz -- Kowalski -- Housing on Fraenkelufer : Berlin, Germany, 1984 / Inken & Hinrich Baller -- Bella Vista apartments : California, USA, 1992 / Sandy & Babcock International -- 2. Density : 30-49 dwellings per acre -- Suruculer Terrace housing : Ankara, Turkey, 1995 / Merih Karaaslan, Nuran Karaaslan, Mursit Gunday -- Siedlung Ried 2 : Bern, Switzerland, 1991 / Atelier 5 -- Holyoake Court : London, UK, 1987 / Corrigan + Soundy + Kilaiditi -- Sandgasse housing : Graz, Austria, 1991 / Szyszkowitz -- Kowalski -- Kinuta Terrace : Tokyo, Japan, 1991 / Kojiro Kitayama + K Architect & Associates -- Charles II Place : London, UK, 1991 / Chapman Taylor Partners -- Housing in Kobe : Kobe, Japan, 1992 / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners -- Urban villas : Vienna, Austria, 1989 / Anton Schweighofer -- Ju'er Hutong Courtyard housing : Beijing, China, 1992 / Liangyong Wu -- Delfts Blauw : Delft, The Netherlands, 1998 / de Architekten Cie. Amsterdam, Frits van Dongen -- Rue Balard housing : Paris, France, 1989 / Atelier Georges Maurios -- Yoga A-flat : Tokyo, Japan, 1993 / Kunihiko Hayakawa Architect & Associates -- Dundee Wharf : London, UK, 1997 / CZWG Architects -- Nakajima Garden housing : Shizuoka, Japan, 1999 / Yasumitsu Matsunaga, Modern Architecture Institute -- 3. Density : 50-69 dwellings per acre -- Housing on Lindenstrasse : Berlin, Germany, 1986 / Herman Hertzberger -- Camden Gardens : London, UK, 1993 / Jestico & Whiles -- Kosugi housing project : Tokyo, Japan, 1990 / Kohsuke Izumi -- Les Glycines : Evry, France, 1981 / AREA-Alain Sarfati -- Garvergarden : Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989 / Tegnestuen Vandkunsten -- Bo01 -- Tango housing : Malmo, Sweden, 2001 / Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, FFNS Architects -- Homes for change : Manchester, UK, 1996/2002 / Mills Beaumont Leavey (Phase I), Charles Cooper + Harrison Ince (Phase II) -- 4. Density : 70-89 dwellings per acre -- Sanlinyuan housing project : Shanghai, China, 1996 / Zhonggu Wang -- The theatre of the ocean : Kobe, Japan, 1990 / Takao Endo -- Batavia -- Entrepot -- West 4 : Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000 / de Architekten Cie. Amsterdam, Frits van Dongen -- Makuhari Bay Town patios 4 : Makuhari, Japan, 1995 / Yasumitsu Matsunaga & Kazunari Sakamoto -- Roy Square : London, UK, 1988 / Ian Ritchie Architects -- 5. Density : over 90 dwellings per acre -- Murray Grove : London, UK, 1999 / Cartwright Pickard -- Housing on Parc de Bercy : Paris, France, 1994 / Christian de Portzamparc -- Labyrinth : Tokyo, Japan, 1989 / Kunihiko Hayakawa Architect & Associates -- Makuhari Bay Town patios 11 : Makuhari, Japan, 1996 / Steven Holl Architects -- Housing on Kothener Strasse : Berlin, Germany, 1989 / Oswald Mathias Ungers -- Rue de Meaux housing : Paris, France, 1991 / Renzo Piano Building Workshop -- The Whale : Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000 / de Architekten Cie. Amsterdam, Frits van Dongen.

ISBN

• 0750656301
• 9780750656306
• 9790750656305

LCCN

2005281858

OCLC

• ocm60710858
• 60710858
• SCSB-13613374

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library