Contemporary housing
By: Maria Alessandra Segantini ; [translations, Robert Burns].
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Skira; Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publications; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milano; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9788861305359
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans; Housing -- Design and construction; Dwellings -- Design and construction; Architecture, Modern -- 21st century
Genres: Designs and plans
Work titles: Atlante dell'abitare contemporaneo.
Description: "Following intense debate throughout the 20th century, the issue of residential housing is becoming increasingly central to the contemporary situation, characterised by large cities, urban sprawl and general fragmentation in spaces of the home and collective life. Projects are attempting to give answers through flexible systems that try to give form to new public and private spaces for the individual. The home speaks of a world that is changing very rapidly and the selected projects can be seen as experimental attempts to give shape to new ways of experiencing the home in the future. Through an analysis of some of the most significant projects built in the last ten years, this book traces pivotal themes such as density, flexibility, the relationship with the land, constructing on the constructed, and the image of the house. Analysis is made in essays written by leading authors in the field."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: First published in Italy in 2008 by Skira Editore.

Includes bibliographical references.