GLOBAL HOUSING PROJECTS 25 Buildings since 1980

Description

The world is merging into one global system of goods, people and information.This book explores the social, cultural, and economic phenomena of globalisation through housing. The Chair of Architecture and Design at the ETH in Zürich examines the last 25 years of housing development through a historical criticism with the built projects as protagonists and housing typologies chosen as contemporary architectural prototypes. A selection of the most innovative and influential built housing projects, proposing important new guidelines in housing.

Featuring: Charles Correa, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Jean Nouvel, Alvaro Siza, Rem Koolhaas, Riegler Riewe, Hans Kollhoff, Kazuyo Sejima, MVRDV, Lacaton Vasal, Dietmar Eberle, Herzog & De Meuron, PLOT, among many others.

258 pages, color ills / 17 x 22 cm / English