Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century

Download or read book Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century written by Hilary French and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of housing designs built over the last hundred years, illustrating innovative approaches. Fourth in the Key series, with newly drawn plans suitable for study in architecture schools, this volume will appeal to students of urban design and planning as well as architecture. Key developments covered include early apartment blocks, the projects of European modernism, high-rise and large-scale schemes, and postmodernism. Exterior and interior photographs show materials, massing, and context. 150 color photographs, 500 line drawings.