This book explores the social and historical context of compact housing in the twentieth century, featuring 37 illustrated case studies of small houses globally. The studies are divided into three chapters: Rural Retreats, Urban and Suburban Bases, and Small Clusters and Multiples.
This volume focuses on 42 key contemporary buildings that radically reconfigure the architectural parameters of the house. It examines the various ways in which architects have tried to create striking new solutions to familiar problems of form, function, materials and constraints of space.