The housing design handbook : a guide to good practice /

Levitt, David,

The housing design handbook : a guide to good practice / David Levitt, Levitt Bernstein. - 281 pages : illustrations, plans ; 27 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Built form. 1. Creating a lasting sense of place -- 2. Mixing housing with other uses -- 3. Terrace housing and layout -- 4. Flats and layout -- 5. Internal space -- 6. Private open space -- 7. Shared amenity space -- 8. Security without fortification -- 9. Privacy -- 10. Dealing with cars -- Pt. 2. Social issues. 11. Mixed and flexible tenure -- 12. Tenure and style -- 13. Designing in flexibility -- Pt. 3. Technical issues. 14. Environmentally sustainable planning and built form -- 15. Sustainable structures -- 16. Considering cost in use at design stage -- 17. The impact of design on: Having zero energy in mind/Off site manufacture/Passive solar/Using less water/Waste recycling -- Bibliography.

9780415491501 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Architecture, Domestic.
Public housing.
Architecture and society.



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