Highrises: Social Living - Brossura

Losantos, Agata; Canizares, Ana G.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 8495832690 ISBN 13: 9788495832696

Casa editrice: Loft Pubns, 2007

Riassunto

Collective housing has played a major role in the architectural advances of the last century, in the process provoking its fair share of controversy, admiration and disapprobation. While apartment blocks may be seen as more or less fashionable according to the prevailing wind, the decline of the nuclear family and the manifestation of new models of cohabitation have confirmed their value as high-density housing that can limit sprawl and allow for significant aesthetic expression.With other pertinent issues including sustainability and the built environment's carbon footprint, as well as urban cohesiveness, social living is right back on the agenda. This book presents detailed case studies of 26 high density developments from varied and sometimes unexpected locations. Big names such as Foster & Partners and MVRDV (represented here by Gemini - converted seaside silos in Copenhagen - as well as the instantly recognisable Mirador development in Madrid) are accompanied by intriguing projects such as Gokay Deveci's 7-storey hilltop tower A'Chrannag on the Isle of Bute, Rene van Zuuk's bulbous wave Block 16 in Almere (Netherlands) and colourful modern housing in Slovenia. All buildings are illustrated with clear plans, plentiful photographs and explanatory text.

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• Editore: Loft Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 8495832690
• ISBN 13: 9788495832696
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 255
• Redattore: Paredes Cristina