New Forms of Collective Housing in Europe [Hardcover]

arc en rêve centre d'architecture (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 376438946X | ISBN-13: 978-3764389468 | Publication Date: March 23, 2009 | Edition: 1

<P>Living individually while feeling comfortable within the framework of a collective building: this lifestyle trend is becoming increasingly evident. This inventory of new forms of collective housing in Europe documents forty-five built projects that can serve as models.</P> <P>Selected by leading international architectural critics, all of the buildings by young, little-known architects as well as by such renowned names as Foreign Office, Manuelle Gautrand, MVRDV, and Miller & Maranta are presented in texts and images and analyzed according to the same typological criteria. This has resulted in a fascinating picture of a wide variety of solutions that differ according to country and sociopolitical and cultural context.</P> <P>With contributions from Nick Barley, Bruce Bégout, Stefano Boeri, Albert Ferré, Francine Fort, Caroline Goossens, Andrej Hrausky, Hans Ibelings, Anna Agata Kantarek, Bart Lootsma, Michel Lussault, Rafaël Magrou, Ilka & Andreas Ruby, Marcus Steinweg, Maria Topolcanska, Katrien Vandermarliere, Jean-Didier Vincent, and Chris Younès.</P>

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About the Author

<P>Der Herausgeber Michel Jacques ist künstlerischer Direktor des renommierten französischen Architekturzentrums âarc en rève â centre dâarchitecture bordeaux"</P>

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture; 1 edition (March 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 376438946X
• ISBN-13: 978-3764389468
• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 9.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,658,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)