Floor Plan Atlas: Housing - Tapa dura

The floor plan atlas for the nineties offers a beautiful, well-documented, and systematic overview of the development of housing floor plans in Western Europe over the last 30 years. The uniform presentation and clear structure of this book will be appreciated by architects and designers alike, who can use it as a practical handbook. "Neue Zuricher Zeitung"

This compendium on residential floor plan design compiles and compares major international works during a period of more than 30 years. With approx. 140 examples in its new revised and expanded edition the book covers in a systematical way the various urban tasks. Carefully chosen examples span the post-WW II development of residential planning, with emphasis on contemporary design. Built works of famous or less known architects from many different countries show a wide variety of functional, typological, or experimental responses to each one of the different tasks. Every project is presented with its typical floor plans, scale 1:200. Photographs, sections, and site plans illustrate the building's setting. Besides providing the essential data on size and number of units, model of financing etc., a concise analysis describes how a particular plan is organized and how and why it works. The publication is meant to serve as a sourcebook for architects, planners and students of architecture. It meets the renewed interest and demand for thoughtful floor plan design after a period of negligence.