Town Houses A Housing Typology

• Main Authors: Pfeifer, Gunter (Author), Brauneck, Per (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English; German
• Published: Basel Birkhauser 2009
• Subjects: Room layout (Dwellings) > Designs and plans; Row houses; Row houses > Designs and plans; Architectural design; Architecture, Domestic
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• Item Description: Translated from the German. The third volume of this typology of residential buildings deals with the different types of the townhouse. The authors present them according to urban constellation: row, twin-row, block perimeter and infill sites.
• Physical Description: 128 pages illustrations 28 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-127)
• ISBN: 9783764386108; 376438610X

For the success of the individual design as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied in a wide range of situations, a deeper understanding of the underlying types is indispensable. For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure.The third volume deals with the types of the townhouse. It will address the following topics among others: single- versus multistory construction, density, privacy versus publicity, and the connection of living and working. Within each type, variants are distinguished according to how they organize space, their number of floors