Suburban space : the fabric of dwelling / Renee Y. Chow.

Main entry:

Chow, Renee Y., 1955-

Title & Author:

Suburban space : the fabric of dwelling / Renee Y. Chow.

Publication:

Description:

xvii, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.
Part One. Seeing the suburbs as a fabric : Beginnings of a production system -- Persistence of the box -- Defining dwelling -- Seeing suburban dwelling as a fabric -- Part Two. Designing fabrics for dwelling : Accommodating choice -- Sharing in a setting -- Unpacking -- Designing density.

Summary:

"Renee Y. Chow has made comparative studies of neighborhoods in Cambridge, Charleston, San Francisco, Levittown, and Radburn and housing by Rudolf Schindler and Irving Gill, as well as other residential settings. Her argument for a fabric of dwelling is founded not on generalizations about how people live, but on documented observations of the particular ways in which people organize their daily lives. This ground-breaking book demonstrates how one of the most disparaged yet common types of housing in the United States can become more environmentally and culturally viable."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0520233867 (alk. paper)
9780520233867 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Suburbs.
Housing development.
Housing, Single family.
Dwellings Design and construction.
House construction.
Banlieues.
Promotion résidentielle.
Maisons individuelles.
Habitations Construction.
housing developments.
single-family dwellings.
satellite cities.
suburbs.
Banlieue.
Maison unifamiliale.
Habitation.
Construction résidentielle.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225560
Call No.: HT351 .C4 2002
Status: Available

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