DETAIL Magazine
Review of architecture and construction details
The magazine DETAIL, which appears in German and English, devotes every issue to specific topics in construction and building details in architecture. Current international architecture projects are documented with beautiful photographs and comparable drawings at a scale of 1:20. Two times a year, the magazine features the special supplement Interiors.
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Concept: Urban Housing
Building plots are becoming scarce, housing costs are soaring, and apartments in new developments are shrinking. Properties long considered unsuitable or uneconomical for building are now being developed, and residential units are increasingly stacked – side by side and on top of each other – into ever-larger blocks. Standardisation and industrial prefabrication seem indespensible. This issue presents outstanding housing projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brooklyn, Brussels, Frankfurt, and Vienna, showcasing innovative responses to urban challenges.
Today, unlike the car-oriented satellite towns of postwar modernism, there is a renewed commitment to the European pedestrian city. The model has shifted from suburban houses to urban living. This means mixed housing arrangements with communal spaces for social interaction, and high-quality, functional, affordable apartments within compact footprints – sometimes with integrated art studios. Ground-floor zones – hosting cultural centres, supermarkets, coworking spaces, kindergartens, or changing rooms for a nearby school’s sports field – foster neighbourhood cohesion, reduce travel distances, and advance car-free cities. Above all, communal spaces and integrated facilities make compact living more bearable – much like corner pubs or coffee houses served as informal living rooms in early 20th-century cities metropolises.
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