In Detail: Single Family House – Concepts, Planning, Construction (ed. Christian Schittich, Birkhäuser 2000, 1st ed.) explores architectural and constructional details of exemplary houses.
The private single family house is by far the most popular form of housing, and because of its size, it is a popular project among architects. This book presents 16 international examples reviewing the most important aspects of construction, including the use of wood, steel, concrete, and brickwork which have all become established materials for this type of building.
All plans and details from the base to the roof have been painstakingly researched with the high degree of competence typical of the journal DETAIL and the uniform presentation makes the information immediately accessible, inviting comparison and analysis. The authors provide explanatory introductions to the fundamental aspects of planning, from the design of the floor plans to the realisation, and they set this type of building within the context of the 20th century, pointing towards the potential developments of the single-family house.
– Christian Schittich, ed. In Detail: Single Family Houses – Concepts, Planning, Construction (Edition Detail / Birkhäuser, 2000, 1st edition), book description
The text is in German and English. The book is richly illustrated with photographs and architectural drawings.
Our copy in stock is in good condition. The pages are clean, no markings; the first flyleaf has a press mark. The binding is fine. The dust jacket shows some small traces of edge wear.
