{"product_id":"apartment-block-design","title":"Apartment Block Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis architectural design book focuses on massing studies for multi-unit housing projects; namely apartment blocks. It provides a fresh look at architectural synthesis for architects, students and architecture curious readers, focusing on multi-unit housing projects. The book re-examines the apartment block as a design model, for today and tomorrow, through a simple, flexible and explicit design approach. The innovation of this book lies in the idea that any type of apartment block can be designed and understood using three basic fundamental elements: Housing Units, Circulation and Communal Spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book demonstrates clearly and explicitly, multiple combinations for the three elements, in order to design multiple multi-unit housing projects. Through the examination of twelve globally acknowledged apartment buildings (seen as Case Studies), the book explains some of the numerous possible combinations between these three design elements \/ programmatic areas, during the massing phase of schematic design. This approach allows multiple design solutions, instead of a single proposal. All Case Studies are examined and analysed using diagrams, drawings and photographs. A conclusion at the end of each chapter outlines the main knowledge acquired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully designed and illustrated with over 150 full colour illustrations, this book is essential reading for any architect, student or reader interested in apartment block design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57303580475774,"sku":"NW9781032608136","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781032608136.jpg?v=1778573044","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/apartment-block-design","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}