The townhouse has been playing an essential role again in the debate on architecture and urban design for about ten years now. That is particularly true in Berlin. Since the state has withdrawn from programs to build subsidized housing, new attention has focused on a renaissance of the inner city through individual, privately financed residential projects. In this volume of the Construction and Design Manual series, Hans Stimmann, who was Senate Building Director for Urban Development in Berlin for more than ten years and a pioneer of the current townhouse boom, summarises the townhouse's political strategies, roots in architectural history and theoretical concepts. The author also analyses around fifty examples and situates them in their urban context.> large-format photographs (exteriors/interiors)> true to scale drawings and plans> aerial photographs of the urban context> comparison of construction costs.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : New townhouses: farewell to the machine for living in / Hans Stimmann -- Ensembles : Friedrichswerder : Caroline-von Humboldt-Weg 6 / Klaus Theo Brenner; -Weg 14 / Bernd Alberts; -Weg 18 / Jordi & Keller Architekten; -Weg 20 / Muser Architekten; -Weg 32 / Johanne Nalbach ; Kleine Jägerstrasse : 3 / Stephan Höhne Architekten; 11 / Thomas Müller Ivan Reimann Architekten ; Oberwallstrasse : 10 / Johanne Nalbach; 14 / Kollhoff Architekten; 15 / David Chipperfield Architects; 19 / abcarius + burns architecture design; 21 / Grüntuch Ernst Architekten -- Prenzlauer Garten : Am Friedrichshiam 28-32 / Stephan Höhne Architekten -- Bernauer Strasse : 5a / schöningmosca Architekten ; 6b / Kai Hansen Architekten ; 8 / SDU Architekten -- Row houses : Rummelsburges Bucht : Alt-Stralau 30-31a / Klaus Theo Brenner ; Alice-und-Hella-Hirsch-Ring 40-68 / KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike ; An der Bucht 61/63 / KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike ; Krachtstrasse und Glasbläserallee / Beyer-Schubert Architekten -- Oranienburger Vorstadt : Am Pankepark 14-53 / PEB Nottmeyer Harm Reccius Architekten ; Kieler Strasse 20-30 -- In-fill developments : Spandauer Vorstadt : Auguststrasse 50b / Baumeister und Dietzsch Architekten ; Auguststrasse 51 / Grüntuch Ernst Architekten ; Gipsstrasse 5 / Hans Kollhoff Architekten ; Mulackstrasse 8 / Sergei Tchoban, nps tchoban voss ; Limienstrasse 40 / Roger Bundschuh ; Limienstrasse 204 / Bollinger + Fehlig Architekten -- Rosenthaler Vorstadt : Choriner Strasse 79 / Modersohn & Freiesleben ; Anklamer Strasse 52 / ruedig.schop architekten -- Weissensee : Mahlerstrasse 40 / Michael Müller and Julia Dahlhaus/dmsw -- Urban villas : Tiergartenviertel : Rauchstrasse 4-10, Thomas-Dehler Strasse 38-47 / diverse Architekten ; Kurfürstenstrasse 59 / Hilmer & Sattler ; Corneliusstrasse 3b / Weinmiller Architekten ; Clara-Wieck-Strasse 3 / Florian Fischötter; 5 / Hilmer & Sattler and Albrecht; 7 / Thomas Baumann; 9 / Kahlfeldt Architekten and Philipp Rentschler; 10 / Klaus Theo Brenner; 11 / Haas Architekten -- Hohenschöhausen : Malchower Weg 117-127, Drossener Strasse 1-6 / Hans Kollhoff Architekten Pulbermühlenweg, Olga-Tschechowa-Strasse / ENS Architekten -- Catalogue : Façade ; Entrance ; Living room ; Kitchen ; Bathroom ; Staircase ; Exterior -- Annex : Closing remarks ; Construction costs and housing typologies.