New York City at night, circa 1935. (Image courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Michael Dennis
MIT Course Number
4.220
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
This class presents an analysis of the development of housing models and their urban implications in Paris, London, and New York City from the seventeenth century to the present. The focus will be on three models: the French hotel, the London row house, and the New York City tenement and apartment building. Other topics covered will include twentieth-century housing reform movements and work by the London County Council, CIAM, and American public housing agencies.