Floor Plan Manual Housing

By (author) Heckmann, Oliver; Edited by Heckmann, Oliver; Edited by Schneider Friederike; Contributions by Zapel, Eric
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For decades, the Floor Plan Manual – Housing has been one of the reference works in architecture. The introductory essays on theory and history have been re-written or updated, and provide a clearly structured overview of residential construction and its development over the last 70 years.
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The Floor Plan Manual Housing has for decades been a seminal work in the field of architecture. In its 5^th, revised and expanded edition, approximately 160 international housing projects built after 1945 are documented and analyzed.

The focus is on exemplary and transferrable projects, and on innovative and trendsetting concepts. The systematic representation of all projects allows the reader to compare and evaluate various floor plans – and to be inspired by the wealth of ideas and strategies for one’s own design work.

The introductory theoretical and historical essays have been newly written or updated, and offer a structured overview of the residential housing typology and its development.

Description

The Floor Plan Manual Housing has for decades been a seminal work in the field of architecture. In its 5^th, revised and expanded edition, approximately 160 international housing projects built after 1945 are documented and analyzed.

The focus is on exemplary and transferrable projects, and on innovative and trendsetting concepts. The systematic representation of all projects allows the reader to compare and evaluate various floor plans – and to be inspired by the wealth of ideas and strategies for one’s own design work.

The introductory theoretical and historical essays have been newly written or updated, and offer a structured overview of the residential housing typology and its development.

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Biographical note
Prof. Oliver Heckmann, architect, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Friederike Schneider, architect, stage designer, Berlin
Review quote: previous edition

„This is an excellent publication and we will be recommending it to our students."
Neil Lamb, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen