Dick van Gameren

In Housing Atlas, beautifully drawn plans, sections and elevations illustrate nearly a hundred of the most important European housing schemes of the 20th century, a period when architects addressed the multiple challenges of modern urban living and responded with an array of innovative solutions. Today, architects are revisiting these designs as they seek answers to the current housing crisis. Chronologically ordered, this is an essential survey of these key housing projects, produced by a pan-European team of leading scholars. Complete with contextual essays, the studies each include a history and analysis of the projects and the drawings are presented in a way that makes them readily comparable.

Standard housing solutions tend to be applied on a large scale, often bypassing local cultural practices. Through essays, interviews and detailed project documentation, "DASH 12: Global Housing" explores the tension between desired affordable housing production and housing solutions that are more tailored to site-specific conditions.

"DASH" 9 focuses on the objectives and outcomes of housing exhibitions, which have had a significant impact on the development of twentieth-century residential architecture. An interview with Barry Bergdoll examines the sculpture garden at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.