The housing design handbook : a guide to good practice. / txt
Levitt, David, author.
- 281 p. ill.; col.; plans. 28 cm. book
Include index
Include Bibliography
Part I. Built form -- 1. Places that bet better over time -- Old Royal Free Square, Islington, London N1 -- Wick Village, Hackney Wick, London E9 -- Ferry Street, Isle of Dogs, London E14 -- 2. Mixing houses with other uses -- Brunswick Centre, Bloomsbury, London WC1 -- Pimlico Village, Victoria, London SW1 -- Odhams Walk, Covent Garden, London WC2 -- 3. Terrace housing and layout -- Holly Street area renewal, London E8 -- 'Simple living opportunities, ' South Chase, Newhall, Harlow -- Accordia, Cambridge -- Upton Site C, Northampton -- 4. Flats: their configuration in blocks, and how to make a flat the home of choice for family living -- The Bolonachi Building, Site D, Bermondsey, London SE1 -- Aylesbury Estate regeneration, Southwark, London SE1 -- 5. Internal space: guidance, standards and regulation -- 6. Private open space -- Naish Court regeneration, Islington, London N1 -- Granville New Homes, Kilburn, London NW6 -- 7. Shared amenities, indoor facilities and outdoor spaces -- Chapel, St. Mary's, Southampton -- St. James Square, Bermondsey Spa, London SE16 -- Oaklands Court, Hammersmith, London W12 -- 8. Security without fortification -- Holly Street, London E8 the early years, phases 1-5 -- Abbotts Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London E14 -- 9. Privacy -- Old Royal Free Square, Islington, London N1 -- St. James Square, Bermondsey Spa, London SE16 -- Nile Street, Hackney, London N1 -- 10. Dealing with cars -- Abbotts Wharf, Tower Hamlets, London E14 -- The Bolonachi Building Site D, Bermondsey, London SE1 -- Page Road, Bedfont, Hounslow -- Part II. Social issues -- 11. Mixing tenures and flexible tenures -- Adastral, Barnet, London NW9 -- Aylesbury Estate regeneration, Southwark, London SE1 -- Kenworthy Road, Hackney, London E9 -- 12. Tenure and style -- Old Royal Free Square, Islington, London N1 -- Cremer Street, Hackney, London E2 -- Tabard Square, Southwark, London SE1 -- 13. Designing in flexibility -- The CASPAR initiative, Leeds -- Modular houses at South Chase, Newhall, Harlow, Essex -- Part III. Technical issues -- 14. Environmentally sustainable planning and built form -- Granville new homes, Kilburn, London NW6 -- Midsummer cottages, Milton Keynes ruralZED (TM) -- 15. Sustainable structures -- Park Hill, Sheffield -- Greengate House, Plaistow, London E13 -- 16. Considering 'cost in use' at design stage -- Bradwell Common 2, Milton Keynes -- 17. Design for sustainability -- Solarsledlung, Freiburg, Germany -- The Lighthouse -- Moho, Manchester -- Oxley Woods, Milton Keynes -- New housing in Bourbon Lane Shepherds Bush, London W2 -- Flats fro keyworkers, St. Matthew's Estate, Lambeth, London SE1 -- Wembley City: large-scale waste management by Envac -- The Hockerton Housing Project, Nottinghamshire --
This is an essential reference for those practicing and studying the design and commissioning of housing. Through the analysis of work by Levitt Bernstein and other UK practices, it represents the accumulated knowledge of four decades of work in this field.
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