Total Housing: Alternatives to Urban Sprawl

by Albert Ferré (Editor)

This book is conceived as evidence supporting the qualities of dense, urban living, and as a hopeful antidote against sprawl. Necessity and investigation are prerequisites for the design of Total Housing refers to the need to understand that social, environmental, and economic factors affect form, and that living space is a base for our increasingly complex and varied societies. This new survey into multi - family housing focuses on the responses proposed by architects who are dealing with the dynamic and diverse demands of contemporary society. Featuring works by Lacaton - Vassal, BIG, + JDS, Sadar Vuga Arhitekti, Ryue Nishizawa, FOA, SHoP, and many emerging new architects, this volume is not a simple catalog, but rather a studied collection of inventive projects.

Genres: Architecture

396 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

Albert Ferré is associate director, publications at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Quebec.