The urban housing handbook / Eric Firley and Victor Deupi.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Siheyuan -- Casa Chorizo -- Patio House -- Dar -- Machiya -- Mini House -- Tower House -- Villa Quadruple -- Chinese Shophouse -- Front Garden House -- Terrace House -- Longtang House -- Cit�e -- Courtyards and Passages -- Garden Courtyard Block -- Terrassen -- Pol House -- W�urfelhaus -- SoBe Walk-Up Apartments -- Courtyards -- Megablock -- Casa de Blocco -- Zinshaus -- Wohnburg -- Berlage-block -- Plex House -- Mietskaserne -- Post-Haussmannien House -- Casa de Renta -- Apartment Tower -- Figure Ground Comparisons (1:5,000) -- Process Comparison Table -- Density Comparison Table -- Selected Bibliography on the Topic of Housing Types and Urban Morphology -- Index -- Picture credits;

"The Urban Design Handbook is a vital design and analysis tool for housing practitioners and students, which outlines the characteristics of some of the most interesting and prominent housing typologies. The revised and updated 2nd edition of the handbook will provide graphic representation and analysis of approximately 30 urban case studies from around the world with recent examples. In each chapter, a housing type will be fully explored through a traditional case study and then a more modern example that demonstrates how it has been reinterpreted in a contemporary context. Addressing the changing trends in architecture and urban design of recent years, the selection will broadly focus on dense metropolitan projects, grouped into 4 categories (the courtyard house, row house, compound and apartment building) and will present one prominent example for each major typology sub-group."-- Provided by publisher.

About the Author
Eric Firley, of French-German origin, is Associate Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture. In addition to the typo-morphological studies presented in this book, his current research focuses on interdisciplinary urban design practices, alternative models of housing production and the impact of immigration on urban form.

Victor Deupi is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Miami School of Architecture. His research focuses on the Early Modern Spanish and Ibero-American world, mid-20th-century Cuba, and contemporary architecture. The author of several books, Dr. Deupi was also the President (2016-2018) of the CINTAS Foundation dedicated to promoting Cuban art and culture.