The modern townhouse : the latest in urban and suburban designs. / txt
James Grayson Trulove.
- 1st edition
- 188 p. ill.; col.; plans. 29 cm. book
Levinas townhouse -- Slot townhouse -- Georgetown house -- Minimalist townhouse -- Venice townhouse -- Urban townhouse -- Slavin residence -- Park Slope townhouse -- New York townhouse -- Parent Street residence -- Glass Tower residence -- Yndo residence -- Freschi residence -- Doblin house -- Church Street townhouse -- Norton townhouses. --
A townhouse is a residence that many find combines the best amenities of a singlefamily home and a condominium. By definition, a townhouse is a home that is attached to adjacent houses, which sits upon land that you own. THE MODERN TOWNHOUSE will look at three types of town house projects that are increasingly popular in urban areas and closein suburbia: 1) Renovation of existing town houses. This is a particularly popular activity in older, urban neighborhoods undergoing regentrification. Eighteenth and nineteenth century "shells" long in disrepair, are being gutted and totally modernized 2) Vacant lots, primarily in the inner cities, but also in closein suburban neighborhoods where zoning restricts high rise housing, are being filled with four or five town houses that are built perpendicular to the street, usually in neighborhoods where the lot size would normally accommodate only one, detached house. This activity is in response to the increasing demand for urban housing where high land prices mandate multifamily housing solutions. 3) New, oneoff townhouses, that are found primarily in wealthier neighborhoods where the high land cost can be recovered with a single, luxury town home. The book will be divided into these three categories and feature project from around the country including Baltimore, San Diego, San Francisco, Miami, and in smaller metropolitan areas.
9780061138928 0061138924
2006015663
Row houses--Pictorial works Architecture--History--United States--21st century. Architecture, Modern--United States--21st century.--Pictorial works