| Description |
x, 262 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: Streets -- Shared Streets -- Circulation within Clusters -- Parking -- 8.Open Spaces -- Open Space Evolution and Importance -- Open Space Requirements -- Private Space -- Public Space -- Open Spaces for Townhouse Clusters -- Open Space Configurations within a Community -- Uses of Open Spaces -- 9.Infill Housing -- Opportunities -- Challenges -- Designing Townhouses in Infill Sites -- Urban and Architectural Fit -- Typologies of Infill Townhouses -- 10.Projects -- Upper Scarborough Street Housing -- Kranichstein Terraced Housing -- Dockside Green Development -- Logements Mulhouse -- Creighton Street Townhouses -- Cite-Jardin Fonteneau -- Bunker Houses -- Lorber Tarler Residence -- Thin Flats -- Canvas Kitsilano |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Terms and Motives -- Defining Characteristics of Townhouses -- Environmentally Friendly Dwellings -- Family Transformations -- New Economic Realities -- 2.Roots and Evolution -- Roman Times -- The Middle Ages -- The Renaissance -- The Industrial Revolution -- The Twentieth Century -- 3.Forms and Prototypes -- Form and Dimension Analysis -- Volumetric Arrangement -- Access and Egress -- Facades -- Roof Types -- Ground Relation -- Conditions of Attachment -- 4.Interiors -- Space Distribution and Room Arrangement -- Examining Spaces -- Circulation -- Natural Light and Views -- Interior Flexibility -- 5.Construction Methods, Utilities and Resources -- Resource Efficiency -- Foundations -- Structure and Framing -- Exterior Walls and Interior Partitions -- Floors -- Roofs -- Utilities -- Prefabrication -- Environmentally Sensitive Products -- 6.Siting a Project -- Densities -- Lot Typology -- The Site -- Orientation -- 7.Circulation and Parking -- |
| Summary |
"Recent societal changes brought about renewed interest by architects, town planners and housing officials in terraced and row homes. This prototype whose origins date back several centuries offers relevant solutions to contemporary challenges. Chief among these challenges is a need to adopt sustainable approaches to the planning of neighbourhood and the design of dwellings. These homes built in higher densities help halt urban sprawl with its many negative traits and also contribute to the reduction of materials used in their construction, and once occupied - to their energy efficiency. Another aspect that occupies both housing providers and consumers is affordability. It has become highly difficult for first time homebuyers to purchase a dwelling in most urban centres. Due to their physical characteristics these narrow-frontage homes reduce the amount of land consumed and investments in costly infrastructure which makes them affordable. Society's rapidly changing demographic make-up is another trend which renewed interest in this prototype. There are more singles, single parents and childless couples who wish to reside in a ground-related dwelling rather than in an apartment. Over the years, the row or terraced home maintained its appeal by offering privacy and green yards in dense configuration. New challenges have given them renewed importance which makes this book on their design and planning highly relevant"-- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-259) and index |
| Subject |
Architecture and society.
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Row houses -- Economic aspects.
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Row houses -- Social aspects.
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Terrace houses -- Economic aspects.
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Terrace houses -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2011010686 |
| ISBN |
9780203804124 (ebook) |
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9780415779111 (hardback) |
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9780415779128 (pb) |
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