At Home: Architecture for Urban Living maps the contemporary city dwelling through 26 built examples — townhouses, multi-storey residential buildings, and residential quarters — tracing how architects negotiate density, privacy, and community on the urban block.
About This Book
What does it mean to live well in the contemporary city? This collection moves beyond aspiration to examine the material and spatial decisions that define urban residential architecture today. Edited by Sandra Hofmeister, the book surveys 26 projects across a spectrum of dwelling types — from townhouses and apartment buildings to shared residential quarters — addressing single occupants, families, couples, and flat shares alike. Floor plans, construction details, and urban design considerations are presented together, so the relationship between social brief and architectural resolution remains legible throughout. Extensions, conversions, and renovations are included alongside new builds, acknowledging the ecological and economic realities of building within existing city fabric.
Key Features
- 304 pages of floor plans, construction details, and urban residential case studies
- Edited by Sandra Hofmeister
- 26 case studies spanning townhouses, multi-storey residential buildings, and residential quarters
- Published by Birkhauser Verlag
What You'll Discover
- How architects calibrate openness and enclosure — the spatial and material strategies used to negotiate the threshold between private dwelling and urban environment
- The range of floor plan organisations developed for different household types, from singles and couples to families and shared living arrangements
- How extensions, conversions, and renovations address economic and ecological demands without sacrificing residential quality
- The interplay between urban design ambition and construction detail in dense city conditions, examined through resolved, built projects
About the Author
Sandra Hofmeister is an architecture editor and author whose work focuses on contemporary built work and architectural communication. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304
- Dimensions: 240 x 300 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783955535698
- Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and residential designers working in urban contexts, students studying housing typologies, and design researchers interested in the social and spatial dimensions of contemporary city living.