Architecture of Affordable Housing

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List of contents

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 THE ARCHITECT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
2 THE PROCESS: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
3 WHY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISN'T
4 DESIGN: THINGS BIG AND SMALL, FAR AND NEAR
5 IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURE?

AFTERWORD
NOTES
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX

About the author

Sam Davis is Professor and Chair of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and editor of The Form of Housing (1977). He is Principal of Davis and Joyce Architects and has won numerous design awards and housing competitions.

Summary

This text is about the design of dignified, affordable housing for those not served by the private sector, and how that housing fits comfortably into our communities. It is a non-technical analysis for everyone interested in the creation of affordable housing.

Product details

• Authors: S. Davis, Sam Davis, Davis Sam
• Assisted by: Sam Davis (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.1997
• EAN: 9780520208858
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20885-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; USA, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, City & town planning - architectural aspects, United States of America, USA, Houses, apartments, flats, etc, Urban communities, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Welfare & benefit systems, Welfare and benefit systems