The Urban Housing Handbook (Paperback)

9. Introduction.

14. Siheyuan.

22 Non-private living – a counter model for siheyuan in Beijing Moriyama house, Tokyo.

24. Casa Chorizo.

32. The private home as the basic element of the city block: Casa.

34. Patio House.

42. The façade acting as interface: Patio Island, Ypenburg.

44. Dar and Riad.

52. Courtyard houses in an artificial landscape: the Copenhagen mountain dwellings.

54. Kyo-machiya.

62. Furniture in the yard: Rue de Suisse, Paris.

64. Mini House.

70. The house in the middle of its neighborhood or the world in the house – Japanese single-family houses.

74. Tower House.

82. The vertical floor plan: Tokyo Tower House.

84. Quadruple Villa.

92. Example of living style: Quadruple Villa, Mulhouse.

94. Chinese Shophouse.

102. Draftless design: Hanoi Space Block.

104. Terrace House with Mews.

112. Two faces of a house: Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge.

114. Front Garden House.

122. A break in style revealed: compound in Rue de la Colonie, Paris.

124. Terrace House.

132. Terraced open space – houses in Graz and Les Herbiers.

134. Longtang House.

142. Spotlight on collective living: Seijo Garden Courts.

144. Cité.

152. The parasite in the block: Viviendas entre Medianeras, Seville.

154. Courtyards and Passages.

162. The interrupted spatial sequence of faubourg architecture: apartments and studios in Rue de Charonne in Paris.

164. Hamburger Terrassen (Falkenried).

172. An urban settlement: Donnybrook in London.

174. Pol House.

182. The block as a miniature city: Carabanchel 11.

184. Würfelhaus.

192. Variability within a constant building form: The city villas of Spandau.

194. Chicago Courtyards.

202. The house in the block: Lisbon Oriente Complex.

204. Megablock.

212. The megablock – a continuation of architectural tradition: Charlottehaven.

214. Town Place (Cas de Blocco).

222. The city as a work of art: the Paris quarter of Massena.

224. Zinshaus.

232. Improvement after the fact: multiple dwelling units in Mexico.

234. Hamburger Burg.

242. Structured living: ‘VM Houses’ in Copenhagen.

244. Berlage Superblock.

252 Design rules for the city block: Front de Parc, Bercy, Paris.

254. Plex House.

262. The ‘planted’ single-family house – Yerba Buena lofts, San Francisco.

264. Mietskaserne.

272. Space defined by passage and courtyard: Passage Goix in Paris.

274. Post-Haussmannian Apartment Building.

282. Haussmann Light – Buildings in Rue Louis Blanc in Paris.

284. Casa de Mig and Casa de Quart.

292. Selective transparency of the block: Viviendas in El Gramal.

294. Casa de Renta.

302. New approach to architectural tradition: Buenos Aires.

304. Early Residential Towers.

312. A city reinvents itself: high-rise apartments in Vancouver.

314. Figure Ground Comparisons.

320. Process Comparison Table.

321. Density Comparison.

322. Bibliography.

326. Index.