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Residential Quality and Urbanity: Baumgartner Houses in Basel Between 1926 and 1938, the construction development company Baumgartner & Hindermann built around 300 apartment buildings in Basel, grouped in five quarters that form a ring around the city center. They are still known in Basel today as the “Baumgartner Houses”. People appreciate their natural urban integration and the high quality of living provided by their well proportioned, polyvalent rooms and solid building materials. This detailed documentation proves that en-trepreneurial motives and rationalization of the design and construction processes are not inimical to good architecture. This series of apartment blocks is still exemplary by today’s standards; though it consciously pursued “mediocrity”, it ultimately achieved an advanced expression of urbanity and quality. The only comprehensive monograph on the Baumgartner houses in Basel Now republished in its third edition: historical documentation of a series of successful apartment buildings Still setting standards today in terms of residential quality and urbanity Wohnqualität und Urbanität - Baumgartnerhäuser in Basel Zwischen 1926 und 1938 erstellte die Baufirma Baumgartner & Hindermann in Basel rund 300 Mehrfamilienhäuser, die sich in fünf Quartieren ringförmig um das Stadtzentrum gruppieren. Als „Baumgartnerhäuser“ sind sie bis heute in Basel ein Begriff: Man schätzt ihre selbstverständliche städtebauliche Einordnung und die hohe Wohnqualität, die sich in den gut proportionierten, polyvalenten Räumen und der soliden Materialisierung manifestiert. Diese detailreiche Dokumentation zeigt, dass sich unternehmerische Beweggründe, eine Rationalisierung des Entwurfs- und Bauprozesses und gute Architektur nicht widersprechen müssen. Hier entstand eine Serie von auch nach heutigen Maßstäben beispielhaften Wohnblöcken, die bewusst dem „Mittelmaß“ folgten und doch eine hoch entwickelte Urbanität und Qualität erreichten. Einzige umfangreiche Monografie über die Baumgartnerhäuser in Basel Wieder lieferbar in der 3. Auflage: Historische Dokumentation zu einer Serie erfolgreicher Mehrfamilienhäuser Noch heute maßstabsetzend betreffend Wohnqualität und Urbanität

residential architecture, housing, architecture Basel, Baumgartner houses, residential buildings, Marco Zünd, swiss architecture, building blocks, residential floor plan, sustainable architecture, sutainable design, Baumgartner & Hindermann.

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During the nineteenth century, Britain became the first gaslit society, with electric lighting arriving in 1878. At the same time, the British government significantly expanded its power to observe and monitor its subjects. How did such enormous changes in the way people saw and were seen affect Victorian culture? To answer that question, Chris Otter mounts an ambitious history of illumination and vision in Britain, drawing on extensive research into everything from the science of perception and lighting technologies to urban design and government administ

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