Supports, An Alternative to Mass Housing

by N.J. Habraken, B. Valkenburg

The architecture / housing / urbanism book that launched the Supports / Open Building movement worldwide, this is the new second English edition of the seminal work published throughout the world, originally published in English as Supports: An Alternative to Mass Housing. In this book, author Nicholas John Habraken first proposed the support (base building) / infill approach to housing, an approach at the forefront of the housing and environmental movements, now implemented world-wide.

Genres: Architecture

124 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

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