URBAN INTENSITIES by Peter G. Rowe, Har Ye Kan ( 9783038214779 )

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Title:

URBAN INTENSITIES
CONTEMPORARY HOUSING TYPES AND TERRITORIES

By:

Peter G. Rowe, Har Ye Kan

Format:

Hardback

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£52.00

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£46.80

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ISBN 10:

3038214779

ISBN 13:

9783038214779

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Publisher:

BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG

Pub. date:

25 July, 2014

Pages:

232

Description:

Combines the architectural and urban scales to demonstrate that urban intensity determines the success of housing. This book provides a typology of housing according to the ways in which diversity and density are created.

Synopsis:

This book combines the architectural and urban scales to demonstrate that urban intensity determines the success of housing. The authors provide a typology of housing according to the ways in which diversity and density are created. Comparisons with historical models and critical appraisals based on the authors' unique standing give information on the pros and cons of major types of housing, their pitfalls and successful examples.

Illustrations:

75 black & white illustrations, 90 colour illustrations, 850 black & white

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Birkhauser Verlag AG

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Returnable

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