Main entry:

Chey, Katy, author.

Title & Author:

Multi-unit housing in urban cities : from 1800 to present day / Katy Chey.

Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
©2018

Description:

ix, 347 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : Thousands of cities, millions of acts / Hans Ibelings -- Introduction -- Overview : Multi-unit dwelling housing typologies : Multi-unit housing types ; Unit floor plan types ; Access type (interior building) -- Birmingham: circa 1800 to 1880 : Back-to backs : Birmingham back-to-backs characteristics ; Building components and organisation ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Congestion ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- London: circa 1800 to 1880 : London tenement : London tenement characteristics ; Building components and organisation ; Case studies ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Architects ; Congestion ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- Paris: circa 1850 to 1870 : Haussmann apartment : Haussmann apartment characteristics ; Types of Haussmann apartment ; Modern conveniences ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Developers ; Architects ; Haussmannisation ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- New York: circa 1880 to 1930 : New York tenement : New York tenement characteristics ; Types of tenements ; Building components and organisation ; Case studies ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Congestion ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- Hong Kong: circa 1840 to 1960 : Hong Kong tong lau : Hong Kong tong lau characteristics ; Historical context ; Types of tong lau ; Building components and organisation ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- Berlin: circa 1920, 1950 and 1980 : Perimeter block, linear block, and block-edge : Perimeter block characteristics ; Linear block characteristics ; Block-edge characteristics ; Historical context ; Circa 1920 Berlin housing estates ; Berlin housing estates components and organisation ; Case studies: the estates ; Plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) housing exhibitions ; IBA '57: Interbau Berlin, "the city of tomorrow" ; Case studies: the objects ; Typical unit floor plan ; Access type ; Construction materials ; IBA '84/87: "The inner city as a place to live" ; Case studies: the blocks ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Government-funded housing timeline ; Present day -- Amsterdam: circa 1990 to 2010 : Solitaire and perimeter block : Perimeter block characteristics ; Solitaire characteristics ; The Eastern Docklands ; Case studies: the Eastern Docklands ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Congestion ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- Beijing: circa 2000 to present day : Space-enclosing structure : Space-enclosing structure characteristics ; Historical context ; Traditional Beijing courtyard housing ; Courtyard house to space-enclosing structure ; Case studies ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Owners, landlords, developers, reformers ; Congestion ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- Tokyo: circa 2000 to present day : Kyosho jutaku : Kyosho jutaku characteristics ; Historical context ; Micro house ; Traditional Japanese house elements ; Kyosho jutaku elements ; Government departments, policies, and regulations ; Present day -- Toronto: circa 2007 to present day : High-rise tower : High-rise tower characteristics ; Historical context ; The process ; Tower floor plates and elevator core ; Building components and organisation ; Amenities ; Typical unit floor plan type ; Access type ; Construction materials ; Developers and architects ; Congestion ; Government policies and regulations ; Present day.

Summary:

This title investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to the present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied. The case studies presented offer an insight into why a certain housing type flourished in a specific city and the variety span across cities in the world where distinct housing types have prevailed. It also pursues how housing types developed, evolved, and helped define the city, looks into how dwellers inhabited their dwellings, and analyses how the housing typologies correlate in a contemporary context.

ISBN:

9781138189942 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1138189944 (hardcover alkaline paper)
9781138189959 (paperback alkaline paper)
1138189952 (paperback alkaline paper)

Subject:

Apartment houses.
Architecture and society.
Architecture et société.
Architecture and Planning.
Apartment houses History.
Apartment houses Case studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299573
Call No.: BIB 245709
Status: Available