{"product_id":"building-community-new-apartment-architecture-9780500343302","title":"Building Community: New Apartment Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn international survey of the most inventive contemporary apartment buildings  to inspire architects  developers  urban planners  and informed city dwellers Theres an urgent need to build more and better apartments: to relieve an acute shortage of affordable housing in major cities; to use scarce land more economically; to save energy wasted on long-distance commutes; and to revitalize urban centers. These challenges have led to the creation of some of the most inventive contemporary buildings of the last few years. In his new book Building Community  author Michael Webb explores apartment buildings as a typology of growing significance and traces the history of multiple-occupancy housing through its most innovative 20th-century exemplars. These range from the pioneering projects of Henri Sauvage and Michel de Klerk to the landscaped housing estates of Weimar Germany  the radical proposals of Le Corbusier  and public housing in post-war Europe. Thirty recent apartment complexes are grouped by theme  from compact urban villages to mega-structures  and from social housing to upscale high-rises. Each is considered for the way in which it enriches the lives of residents and the city  and is illustrated with drawings and photographs. Nine projects currently under construction anticipate the surge of innovation as architects become increasingly involved in this area of design. Creativity is the theme that links these diversified examples: finding new ways to share space  while maintaining a balance of privacy and community. BuildingCommunity offers dozens of proven successes  offering valuable lessons in the creation of good living environments. It also includes interviews with Bjarke Ingels  douard Franois  Michael Maltzan  Lorcan OHerlihy and Stanley Saitowitz: architects who have each set an example for their peers. 450 illustrations  350 in color  60 plans\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651953745973,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500343306","price":191.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500343302.jpg?v=1781847292","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/building-community-new-apartment-architecture-9780500343302","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}