The building typology of 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 Since the state has withdrawn from programs to build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 Hans Stimmann, who used to be the Senate Building Director for Urban De velopment 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.