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typology+: Innovative Residential Architecture

Typology+ documents and analyses 100 international housing structures. The book is 400 pages long, incorporating texts describing different housing typologies in the context of architectural, historic, functional, and sociological concerns. The book incorporates drawings with detailed redrawn plans and diagrams to elaborate upon a varied range of residential types. Essays draw connections between different housing types with reference to 20th century architectural projects. In comparison to other publications of this type, Typology+ focuses upon an internalised view of residential architecture as one of the most difficult tasks of all architectural briefs. The book provides a compendium of exemplary contemporary buildings, each of which acts as a point of departure for the evolution of new typological families. All of the projects are newly drawn to uniform standards. Every project is presented with its ground plan drawn to a scale of 1:200. Site maps, sections, elevations, and photographs render the urban setting, the building structure and design, and the spatial and functional qualities of each residential structure. In addition to this Typology+ not only offers a broad range of sustainable approaches to apartment block construction, but also possibilities for using and transforming them in a practical planning context. The book evolved during my appointment of Endowed Chair of Housing and Housing Economy at the Technical University Munich, Germany. Research for the book was conducted over a 6 year period, which incorporated numerous symposia, seminars and lecturers.