The New American Townhouse

By Alexander Gorlin

Explores the designs of twenty-six recently built town homes by such architects as Tod Williams, Dan Solomon, Mark Mack, and Dirk Lohan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847821412
• ISBN13: 9780847821419
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.1" x 1.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Inspiring antidote to urban sprawl

With the cities and suburbs spreading out into former farmland in the form of superstores, fast food chains, and garishly oversized homes reminiscent of motel conference centers, Gorlin and Goldberger present the compelling alternative: the townhouse, revamped, revitalized, and more relevant than ever. No matter what your esthetic, there is a townhouse to suit it, and you can find it in this book. It could be argued, in fact, that the townhouse represents architectural humanism at its best: inherently social, family-friendly, scaled to real human dimensions and needs. In other words, just right. An excellent introduction to an important new trend in architecture and home-building.