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TOWN HOUSECreating the New American
Alexander Gorlin
1100 Architects
Brininstool + Lynch
Bromley Caldari Architects
Gates Merkulova Architects
Leslie Gill Architect
Gluckman Mayner Architects
Alexander Gorlin Architect
Robert M. Gurney Architect
Hariri and Hariri Architects
Christian Hubert Studio
Jim Jennings Architecture
Reed & Delphine Krakoff
Kuth / Raineri Architects
Mark Mack Architects
Marpillero Pollak Architects
McInturff Architects
Dean Nota Architect
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects
Jon Petrarca Architect
Studio Rinaldi
Shelton, Mindel Associates
Stanley Saitowitz Architect
Jonathan Segal Architect
Smith & Thompson Architects
TannerHecht Architects
Valerio DeWalt Train
Wesley Wei Architect
Zack / deVito Architecture
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ALEXANDER GORLIN, a New York–based architect, is a winner of the Rome Prize in Architecture and hastaught at Yale University and at the Cooper Union. He is the subject of Rizzoli’s Alexander Gorlin:Buildings and Projects and the author of The NewAmerican Town House, also published by Rizzoli.
Also published by Rizzoli, New York:
RICHARD MEIER ARCHITECT, VOL. IVPreface by Richard MeierEssays by Kenneth Frampton and Joseph RykwertPostscript by Steven HollISBN: 0-8478-22702-X (HC)
SANTIAGO CALATRAVA: THE COMPLETE WORKSAlexander TzonisISBN: 0-8478-2641-4 (HC)
GWATHMEY SIEGEL APARTMENTSPreface by Charles GwathmeyIntroduction by Paul GoldbergerISBN: 0-8478-2686-4 (HC)
Front cover: Howard Street Town House, San FranciscoJim Jennings Architecture
Back cover:(top) Chicago Town House, ChicagoAlexander Gorlin Architect(bottom) Greek Revival Townhouse, New YorkShelton, Mindel Associates
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Once the bastion of the haute bourgeoisie,the town house has now been embraced by
a larger group of people—families with youngchildren, single urban professionals, and retiredcouples, many of whom are now returning tothe inner city, and many others favoring townhouse developments. In this follow-up volumeto The New American Town House, architectAlexander Gorlin once again explores a spec-tacular array of diverse town house designsthat carry this familiar symbol of architecturalinnovation and refinement into the twenty-firstcentury. Creating the New American TownHouse features thirty cutting-edge town housesthat each draw from architectural traditionwhile achieving originality and enhancing theurban landscape by alternately breaking fromand working within the limitations of the townhouse form. Within the typical form of several-story city houses bounded by parallel walls pre-sented here are ingenious, exquisite, and, aboveall, extremely livable solutions to the con-straints of this classic urban housing type.
Ranging from sites in New York, SanFrancisco, Philadelphia Los Angeles, andWashington, D.C., each of the buildings fea-tured in Creating the New American TownHouse represents an eloquent contribution tothe form from such celebrated architects anddesigners as Reed Krakoff, Hariri & Hariri,Stanley Saitowitz, and 1100 Architects. Eachproject is extensively illustrated with full-colorphotography as well as plans and drawings.Alexander Gorlin’s insightful text continues thediscourse begun in his The New AmericanTown House, surveying the adaptation of thisbeloved urban dwelling to the demands of anew century.
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This town house for a bachelor in the Bucktown section of Chicagois a gleaming modern structure that floats above its more tradi-tional neighbors. Set back behind a brick-walled garden, a steeland stone stair cuts through the volume of the house leadingdirectly from the street to the main living level on the second floorand beyond to the third level and roof terraces above. On the mainlevel, a double-height space contains the open loft of the kitchen,living, and dining areas. The vertically oriented living room isframed by large expanses of glass, which open onto the gardenbelow and provide views of the street. Above, the suspended glassbox of the master bedroom and bathroom floats. The sensualspace of the glass shower and freestanding tub is directly open tothe master bedroom blurring the boundaries between these tradi-tionally separate areas. At both ends, glass walls afford views ofthe city. The clothes closet is completely open to view, where theclient’s perfectly coordinated suits hang for all the world to see,allowing him to “shop” daily for his suit of choice—recallingperhaps a scene for American Gigolo. Above is a terrace withviews to downtown Chicago. A luminous screen of parachute clothcurtains—a theatrical gesture—defines the space of the diningroom, with its own terrace above the garage. On the lower levelare a guest bedroom and an exercise space. Materials are limitedto a minimally cool palette of white painted steel, white statuarymarble for all counters, gray-toned stone floors from China, andwhite plaster walls.
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CHICAGO TOWN HOUSECHICAGO, ILLINOIS
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