Urban Intensities : Contemporary Housing Types and Territories.

Urban Intensities : Contemporary Housing Types and Territories.

This book combines the architectural and urban scales to demonstrate that urban intensity determines the success of housing. The authors provide a typology of housing according to the ways in which diversity and density are created. Comparisons with historical models and critical appraisals based on...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowe, Peter G.
Other Authors: Kan, Har Ye
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel/Berlin/Boston : Birkhäuser, 2014.
Subjects:
City planning.
Urban density.
Housing.
Architecture and society.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Architecture and society
City planning
Housing
Urban density
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Summary:This book combines the architectural and urban scales to demonstrate that urban intensity determines the success of housing. The authors provide a typology of housing according to the ways in which diversity and density are created. Comparisons with historical models and critical appraisals based on the authors'' unique standing give information on the pros and cons of major types of housing, their pitfalls and successful examples.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783038216476
303821647X
9783038214779
3038214779
9783038211013
303821101X
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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