Key urban housing of the twentieth century : plans, sections, and elevations / Hilary French.

Includes scaled plans, sectional views, diagrams, elevations.

Projects: Peabody Buildings, Rue Franklin Apartments, Cheap Cottages Exhibition, Van Beuingenstraat Housing, Gradins Vavin/Amiraux, Hotel des Artists, Spangen Quarter, El Pueblo Ribera Courtyard Houses, Efficiency Apartments, Britz Hufeisensiedlung, Karl Marx-Hof, Weissenhofsiedlung apartment Building, Weissenhofsidelung RowHousing, Narkomfin, Siemensstadt Housing, Lawn Road (now Isokin) Flats, Vienna Werkbund Houses, Bergpolder Building, 25 and 42 Avenue de Versailles, Highpoint Flats, Kensal House, Casa Rustici, Bubeshko Apartments, Unite d'Habitation, Pedregulho Housing, Churchill Gardens Estate, Golden Lane Estate, Casa de la Marina, Workers' Housing, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Price Tower, Keeling House, Harumi Apartments, Beacon Street Apartments, Hansaviertel Apartments, Hansaviertel Tower, Bellevue Bay Flats and Houses, Halen Housing, Tapiola Housing, Marina City, Lafayette Park Apartments, Peabody Terrace, BluesPoint Tower, Bakkedraget Housing, The Ryde, Habitat 67, Twin Parks Northwest Site 4, Balfron and Trellick Towers, Robin Hood Gardens, Nagakin Capsule Tower, University Centre Housing, Olympic Tower, Walden 7, Emmanuel Benaki Street Apartments, Housing on Calle Doña María Coronel, Gallartese Housing, Quinta de Malagueira Housing, Corner Housing at Kochstrasse, Housing on Lützowplatz, St Mark's Road Housing, Rue des Hautes Formes, Noisy II Housing, Atlantis Condominium, Byker Wall, Housing for the Elderly, Nemausus, Pence Place, IJ-Plein Housing, Spiral House, Nexus World Housing, Rue de Meaux Housing, Horizon Apartments, Kavel 25, Carl-Spitzweg-Gasse Housing, Schlesischestrasse Housing, Silodam, Sejima Wing, Kitagata Housing, Courtyard Houses, Rue des Suisses Housing, Schots 1 + 2, Yerba Buena Lofts, The Whale, Liverpool Street Housing, Mirador Apartments, Consort Road Housing, Carabanchel 16 Housing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.

New urban forms -- European modernism -- Post-war modernism -- Alternatives -- Post-Modernism -- Contemporary interpretations.

This book features some ninety of the most influential modern housing designs of the last hundred years by some of the best-known architects in the field. Each project is explained with a concise text and photographs and specially created scale drawings, including floor plans and site plans, sections and elevations where appropriate. The projects are organized in six roughly chronological chapters tracing the history of both public and private housing around the world. The detailed drawings allow each project to be analyzed in depth, which, alongside the author's authoritative text, will make this an invaluable resource for architects and students. As an added bonus, the book includes a CD-ROM containing digital files of all the drawings featured in the book.