Planning Architecture

Robie House, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910

Gropius House (Masters’ Houses), Dessau, Germany, Walter Gropius, 1926

Weissenhofsiedlung (Weissenhof estate), Stuttgart, Germany, various architects, 1927

Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1930

Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, Le Corbusier, 1931

Schminke House, Löbau, Germany, Hans Scharoun, 1933

Fallingwater, Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, USA, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1937

Eames House, Los Angeles, California, USA, Charles and Ray Eames, 1949

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1951

Maison Tropicale, prototype for West Africa, Jean Prouvé, 1951

Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles, France, Le Corbusier, 1947–52

Halen development, Herrenschwanden near Bern, Switzerland, Atelier 5, 1955–61

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Planning Architecture

Published on Oct 19, 2016

Birkhäuser

In formulating a design concept into a viable plan, architects oscillate constantly between two planes of observation: the actual design task in the context of planning typologies such as residential buildings, office buildings, museum, or airport, and the individual room, meaning the kitchen, office, classroom, sanitary rooms, storage rooms, and so on. Planning Architecture offers architects and students a well thought-out planning tool, in which two main sections reciprocally complement one another: the “spaces” and the “typologies” between which the planner can flexibly oscillate depending on his or her plane of observation. All relevant planning information is presented in a detailed clear fashion, and in context. These two sections are flanked by an introductory chapter explaining the basis and framework for typological design, as well as a “reference section” at the end of the book that clearly lists general dimensions and units, regulations and standards.

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