Introduction.
Siheyuan.
Non-private living – a counter model for siheyuan in Beijing: Monyama house, Tokyo.
Casa Chorizo.
The private home as the basic element of the city block: Casa.
Patio House.
The facade acting as interface: Patio Island, Ypenburg.
Dar and Riad.
Courtyard houses in an artificial landscape: the Copenhagen mountain dwellings.
Kyo-machiya.
Furniture in the yard: Rue de Suisse, Paris.
Mini House.
The house in the middle of its neighbourhood or the world in the house – Japanese single-family houses.
Tower House.
The vertical floor plan: Tokyo Tower House.
Quadruple Villa.
Example of living style: Quadruple Villa, Mulhouse.
Chinese Shophouse.
Draftless design: Hanoi Space Book.
Terrace House with Mews.
Two faces of a house: Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge.
Front Garden House.
A break in style revealed: compound in Rue de la Colonie, Paris.
Terrace House.
Terraced open space – houses in Graz and Les Herbiers.
Longtang House.
Spotlight on collective living: Seijo Garden Courts.
Cité.
The parasite in the block: Viviendas entre Medianeras, Seville.
Courtyards and Passages.
The interrupted spatial sequence of faubourg architecture: apartments and studios in Rue de Charonne in Paris.
Hamburger Terrassen (Falkenried).
An urban settlement: Donnybrook in London.
Pol House.
The block as a miniature city: Carabanchel.
Würfelhaus.
Variability within a constant building form: The city villas of Spandau.
Chicago Courtyards.
The house in the block: Lisbon Oriente Complex.
Megablock.
The megablock – a continuation of architectural tradition Charlottehaven.
Town Palace (Casa de Blocco).
The city as a work of art: the Paris quarter of Massena.
Zinshaus.
Improvement after the fact: multiple dwelling units in Mexico.
Hamburger Burg.
Structured living: 'VM Houses' in Copenhagen.
Berlage Superblock.
Design rules for the city block: Front de Parc, Bercy, Paris.
Plex-House.
The 'planted' single-family house – Yerba Buena lofts, San Francisco.
Miertskaserne.
Space defined by passage and courtyard: Passage Groix in Paris.
Post-Haussmannian Apartment Building.
Haussmann Light – Buildings in Rue Louis Blanc in Paris.
Casa de Mig and Casa de Quart.
Selective transparency of the block: Viviendas in El Gramal.
Casa de Renta.
New approach to architectural tradition: Buenos Aires.
Early Residential Towers.
A city reinvents itself: high-rise apartments in Vancouver.
Figure Ground Comparisons.
Process Comparison Table.
Density Comparison Table.
Bibliography.
Index.
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