New Housing Concepts

The typology of collective housing underwent major transformation during the course of the 20th Century. The ideal pursued was that of a healthy dwelling in a happy world, a scenario for life and for new forms of coexistence that reinforced community feeling. The projects in this volume illustrate the latest trends in collective housing and include both large and small-scale residential projects that share a common spirit. They are rigorous and imaginative concepts that give priority to the residents and use the environment as a framework for defining them and giving them meaning. Another characteristic common to most is the use of simple materials, often those found in the architectural tradition of the area.Features the work of architects such as Frank O. Gehry, Santiago Calatrava, Jean Nouvel, Toshio Akimoto and Wiel Arets to name just a few.