5468796 Architecture: platform.MIDDLE: Architecture for Housing the 99%

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Author: Hurme, JohannaThe work and research of the Winnipeg-based firm 5468796 Architecture has focused on “missing middle” and mid-rise housing in its many forms and ownership mod els, from refugee and social housing to market-rate condominiums. These four slipcased volumes build on 5468796 Architecture’s housing manifesto “Add via Edit: A Decade in Housing”, the symposium “platform.MIDDLE: Architecture for Housing the 99%”, along with examples by practice-related offices.With the condominium boom taking hold across North America, the number of residential units passing across architects’ desks is unprecedented. As a result of the typology’s inherent repetition and potentially banal program—as well as the private sector’s pursuit of profit, often at the expense of quality and liveability—the margin in which architecture can operate is very narrow. Architects must respond to the challenges of this typology with the rigour it deserves.ISBN 9786078880195. Arquine. pb. 560 pages. 255 colour, 465 b/w ills. 25.4 x 18.4 cm.available Show more