Modern Housing Prototypes

Here are thirty-two notable examples of multi-family housing from many countries, selected for their importance as prototypes. Designed by such masters as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, they range from single-house clusters to terrace houses and urban high-rises. The buildings are illustrated with photographs, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and striking axonometric drawings.

About the author

Roger Sherwood was a practicing architect and Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California School of Architecture.

Summary

Here are 32 notable examples of multi-family housing from many countries, selected for their importance as prototypes. Designed by such masters as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Alvar Aalto, the buildings are illustrated with photographs, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and striking axonometric drawings.

Product details

• Authors: Harvard University, Roger Sherwood
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.1981
• EAN: 9780674579422
• ISBN: 978-0-674-57942-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 248 mm x 272 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 1018 g
• Illustrations: 220 line illustrations, 58 halftones, 6 color illustrations
• Series: Harvard Paperbacks; Harvard Paperbacks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture