Town Houses: A Housing Typology

By Günter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck

Innovative residential types

To continue to develop existing
building types and do so in an intelligent way is one of the crucial
tasks in the field of residential building. 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, etc. The range of
possible solutions is presented in uniform ground plans newly drawn to
scale.

Highlights the wide variety of building types as a resource for residential buildingIdeas and solutions are a treasure trove for every residential architectPrecise, systematic presentations using newly developed drawings

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 376438610X
• ISBN13: 9783764386108
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary