Housing design handbook
Subtitle: a guide to good practice
By: David Levitt.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780415491501
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Public housing; Architecture and society
Description: This is an essential reference for those practicing and studying the design and commissioning of housing. Through the analysis of work by Levitt Bernstein and other UK practices, it represents the accumulated knowledge of four decades of work in this field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Built form. 1. Creating a lasting sense of place; title: 2. Mixing housing with other uses; title: 3. Terrace housing and layout; title: 4. Flats and layout; title: 5. Internal space; title: 6. Private open space; title: 7. Shared amenity space; title: 8. Security without fortification; title: 9. Privacy; title: 10. Dealing with cars; title: Pt. 2. Social issues. 11. Mixed and flexible tenure; title: 12. Tenure and style; title: 13. Designing in flexibility; title: Pt. 3. Technical issues. 14. Environmentally sustainable planning and built form; title: 15. Sustainable structures; title: 16. Considering cost in use at design stage; title: 17. The impact of design on: Having zero energy in mind/Off site manufacture/Passive solar/Using less water/Waste recycling; title: Bibliography.