Synopses & Reviews
The design of housing has commanded the attention of the greatest architects of the twentieth century. In this stunning volume, Roger Sherwood presents thirty-two notable examples of multi-familyhousing from many countries and four continents, selected for their importance as prototypes. Designed by such masters as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, they range from single-house clusters torow-houses, terrace houses, party-wall and large-courtyard housing, to urban high-rise towers and slabs.
The thirty-two buildings or housing complexes are illustrated with photographs, site plans,floor plans, elevations, and marvelous axonometric drawings. In each case Mr. Sherwood gives background information on the project, mention, factors the architect had to take into consideration (social, environmental, financial), pointsout creative solutions to particular problems, and comments on special features of the design. Laymen as well as professionals will find his presentations enlightening.
In the Introduction, Mr.Sherwood sets forth the basic principles of organization that apply to housing. He analyzes first the limited number of ways in which individual apartments or living units can be laid out (each type or plan lending itself to variationsand permutations) and then the ways in which different units can be vertically and horizontally organized within a single building. Drawings and plans of more than eighty housing complexes in twenty countries accompany his analysis.
Mr. Sherwood offers his book in the belief that there is no excuse for shoddy architecture; that no branch of architecture is more important than the design of human habitations; and that much is tobe learned from the study of significant buildings of the recent past.
Review
Presented so clearly and concisely, Sherwood's projects may be easily compared and are comprehensible to those unfamiliar with housing design. The book itself is attractively organized, harmoniously balancing text,photograph, and drawing. The juxtaposition of these, as well as the use of color in selected axonometrics, adds not only to the beauty of this collection but also to the accessibility and clarity of the projects presented within.
Synopsis
be learned from the study of significant buildings of the recent past.
About the Author
Roger Sherwoodis a practicing architect and Associate Professor of Architecture at the <>University of SouthernCalifornia.
Table of Contents
IntroductionDetached and Semidetached Housing
Suntop HomesFrank Lloyd Wright
El Pueblo Ribera CourtRudolph M. Schindler
Daal en Berg Duplex HousesJan Wils
Group of Court HousesMies van der Rohe
Kingo HousesJandoslash;rn Utzon
Rowhousing
WeissenhofExhibitionMies van der Rohe
Weissenhof ExhibitionJ. J. P. Oud
Vienna WerkbundExpositionAndrandeacute; Lurandccedil;at
IchinomiyaKenzo Tange and Urtec
Siedlung HalenAtelier 5
Fleet Road Terrace HousingNeave Brown
Party-Wall Housing
25 bis Rue Franklin ApartmentsAuguste Ferret
Avenuede Versailles ApartmentsJean Ginsberg
Porte Molitor ApartmentsLe Corbusier
CasaRusticiPietro Lingeri and Giuseppe Terragni
Parklaan ApartmentsW. van Tijen
BlockHousing
Immeuble VillasLe Corbusier
Spangen QuarterMichielBrinkman
Nirwana ApartmentsJohannes Duiker
Hansaviertel ApartmentsAlvar Aalto
Slabs
Immeuble Clartandeacute;Le Corbusier
Narkomfin ApartmentsMoses Ginzburg and I. Milinis
Unitandeacute; d'HabitationLe Corbusier
Harumi Apartment HouseKunio Maekawa
Durand Apartment ProjectLe Corbusier
Zomerdijkstraat Atelier ApartmentsZanstra, Giesen, and Sijmons
Towers
Victorieplein TowerJ. F. Staal
Hoogbouw TowersJohannes Duiker and J. C.Wiebenga
Price TowerFrank Lloyd Wright
Neue Vahr ApartmentsAlvar Aalto
Hansaviertel TowerJ. H. van den Broek and J. B. Bakema
Peabody TerraceSert, Jackson, andGourley
Further Reading