CONTENTS
Introduction: Evolution of a Typology 6
Urban Villages 24
Carabanchel Housing, Madrid (Morphosis) 26
Nishinoyama House, Kyoto (Kazuyo Sejima & Associates) 32
Baroque Court Apartments, Ljubljana 39
25 Verde, Turin (Luciano Pia) 46
Boreal, Nantes (Tetrarc) 55
Broadway Housing, Santa Monica 56
Lorcan O'Herlihy:Reaching Out 66
Building Blocks 68
CityLife, Milan (Zaha Hadid Architects) 70
De Kameleon, Amsterdam (NL Architects) 77
City Hyde Park, Chicago (Studio Gang) 82
Studio 1 1024, Los Angeles (LOH Architects) 90
8 House, Copenhagen (Bjarke Ingels Group [BIG]) 96
The Interlace, Singapore (OMA/Ole Scheeren) 103
Bjarke Ingels:Exploiting Irregularity 108
Promoting Sociability 110
Tietgen Student Hall, Copenhagen 112
The Commons, Melbourne 121
Star Apartments, Los Angeles 128
Torr Kaelan, San Diego 134
Herold, Paris (Jakob + MacFarlane) 141
Songpa Micro Housing, Seoul 146
Michael Maltzan: Housing for All 152
Spirit of Place 154
Sugar Hill, New York (Adjaye Associates) 156
The Wave, Vejle (Henning Larsen Architects) 165
8 Octavia, San Francisco (Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects) 171
The Aleph, Buenos Aires (Foster + Partners) 176
HL 23, New York (Neil M. Denari Architects) 182
JOH 3, Berlin (J. Mayer H.) 189
Stanley Saitowitz: Rigorous Strategies 196
Reaching Skyward 198
8 Spruce Street, New York (Gehry Partners) 200
Absolute Towers, Mississauga (MAD Architects) 207
Marco Polo Tower, Hamburg 212
VJtaim, Sao Paulo (Studio MK27) 220
White Walls, Nicosia (Ateliers Jean Nouvel) 226
Sky Habitat, Singapore (Safdie Architects) 232
Edouard Francois: Green Towers 240
Looking Ahead 242
Further reading and picture credits 252
Index 254