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6,000 Years of Housing

Norbert Schoenauer

This encyclopaedic volume limns the rich story of housing around the world from the pre-urban dwellings of nomadic, semi-nomadic and sedentary societies to today. It covers housing around the world and suggests solutions for modern housing problems based on historical precedents.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Jul 1st, 2003
  • Pages: 504
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Revised, Expand - 0003
  • Dimensions: 10.80in - 7.90in - 1.10in - 2.40lb
  • EAN: 9780393731200
  • Categories: History - GeneralBuildings - Residential

About the Author

Schoenauer, Norbert: - Norbert Schoenauer is Macdonald Emeritus Professor of Architecture at McGill University. He lives in Montreal.

Praise for this book

Accessible not only to the architectural community . . . but to anyone with a passion for housing . . . issues are expressed clearly, and details serve a larger context.--Elizabeth MacKenzie, MAIBC "APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology"