This compendium on residential floor plan design compiles and compares major international works during a period of more than 30 years. With approx. 140 examples in its new revised and expanded edition the book covers in a systematical way the various urban tasks. Carefully chosen examples span the post-WW II development of residential planning, with emphasis on contemporary design. Built works of famous or less known architects from many different countries show a wide variety of functional, typological, or experimental responses to each one of the different tasks. Every project is presented with its typical floor plans, scale 1:200. Photographs, sections, and site plans illustrate the building's setting. Besides providing the essential data on size and number of units, model of financing etc., a concise analysis describes how a particular plan is organized and how and why it works. The publication is meant to serve as a sourcebook for architects, planners and students of architecture. It meets the renewed interest and demand for thoughtful floor plan design after a period of negligence.
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The floor plan atlas for the nineties offers a beautiful, well-documented, and systematic overview of the development of housing floor plans in Western Europe over the last 30 years. The uniform presentation and clear structure of this book will be appreciated by architects and designers alike, who can use it as a practical handbook. "Neue Zuricher Zeitung"
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By prefacing the idea of function with a set of sensations, and in employing the word "sweetness," Alison and Peter Smithson cast a different light on the design of floor plans. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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This is certainly a book that many who deal with housing design have felt lacking from their libraries. Being an excellent review of housing types of the last century, mainlyafter modernism,it is an excellent reference book for those in need of an historical overview of housing. The categories into which the examples are divided into is logical, which helps in comparing different types of housing. It is also a pleasure to read it as the book is designed in very elegant and clear lines. Unfortunately it costs too much for me but for those who can afford it, it will be a great pleasure to own.
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Definitive book on architectural planning
Jun 20 2007
By curt dilger
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This is the state of the art in planning information. Editorially, this is the finest work being done in the world, with all issues of book production
(graphic presentation, architectonic and conceptual analysis, format, etc.) of the highest quality. Nothing currently available compares. Essential reference for students and architects.
(graphic presentation, architectonic and conceptual analysis, format, etc.) of the highest quality. Nothing currently available compares. Essential reference for students and architects.
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A ridiculously handy reference.
Mar 10 2006
By Peter L. Knutson
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I've desired this since I had access to it in an office at which I once worked. Now it's in paperback, revised, and cheap. The editors have a great sense of which projects merit inclusion, offering some basic works and some slightly more radical projects. The brilliant system of scaling everything to the same ratio (and the clever, included transparent scale ruler) makes this truly an efficient reference manual and not just some more architectural pornography.
I find I use this both in work (and for casual browsing) far more often than I really use the sexy full color architecture books of the moment that seem to flood the landscape.
I only have one or two complaints: I'd love to see some of the plans, whose reproduction leaves a lot to be desired, redrawn. Also, I'd love to see some scaled sections for the included projects, since many or the included works transcend full discussion in plan. I guess that would be antithetical given the book title, however.
All said, highly recommended.
I find I use this both in work (and for casual browsing) far more often than I really use the sexy full color architecture books of the moment that seem to flood the landscape.
I only have one or two complaints: I'd love to see some of the plans, whose reproduction leaves a lot to be desired, redrawn. Also, I'd love to see some scaled sections for the included projects, since many or the included works transcend full discussion in plan. I guess that would be antithetical given the book title, however.
All said, highly recommended.
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An excellent review of housing types
Jan 16 1999
By Lari de Toledo
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This is certainly a book that many who deal with housing design have felt lacking from their libraries. Being an excellent review of housing types of the last century, mainlyafter modernism,it is an excellent reference book for those in need of an historical overview of housing. The categories into which the examples are divided into is logical, which helps in comparing different types of housing. It is also a pleasure to read it as the book is designed in very elegant and clear lines. Unfortunately it costs too much for me but for those who can afford it, it will be a great pleasure to own.
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