Urban Houses: Houses Now

Every city site is a puzzle. How does a new house fi t into the dizzying jigsaw of surrounding buildings? Urban Houses answers that question with almost 300 full-color photographs and information on innovative city homes. Narrow sites, challenging locations, technical questions--these houses confront the most diffi cult urban problems. Special attention is given to facades, the public face of a private home, and how each project is joined to the urban fabric of its area. AUTHOR: Carles Broto, an architecture scholar and one of the founders of the IAC (institute for alternative culture). Following a successful period at the Atrium Group (Barcelona), he has now joined Grupo Links - Structure as the publishing director of various contemporary architecture collections. He is currently investigating the evolution of new American housing, as part of a multi-country project. He lives in Barcelona. SELLING POINTS: How to meet the challenges of building in urban areas Coping with narrow sites, problematic locations, and cranky neighbors. 297 colour illustrations s97 b/w plans tdrawings