"The French original edition of this publication appeared on the occasion of the exhibition 'Nouvelles formes d'habitat collectif en Europe' in July 2008"--P. [264].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-260).

Living individually while feeling comfortable within the framework of a collective building: this lifestyle trend is becoming increasingly evident. This inventory of new forms of collective housing in Europe documents 45 built projects that can serve as models.

Introduction / Francine Port -- The politics of habitat / Michel Lussault -- A place in the world / Bruce Beǵout -- Co-habiting / Chris Younes̀ -- The house of by neighbour / Marcus Steinweg -- What is a collective? / Jean-Didier Vincent -- Europa: terra in-cognita? / Rafael̈ Magrou -- Project description : Side by side, Netherlands ; Schwarzer Laubfrosch, Austria ; Wohnhaus Schwarzpark, Switzerland ; Edificio de Equipamientos, LV, Spain ; RuSc Baugruppe, Germany ; e3 7-geschossiger innerstad̈tischer Holzbau, Germany ; Mina del Morro, Spain ; Les Diversiteś, France ; FSB Fællendhaven, Denmark ; Nordlyset, Denmark ; Gemini residences, Denmark ; VM Bjerre, Denmark ; Upper Strand Granton, United Kingdom ; Kaufhaus Breuer, Germany ; Rondo, Austria ; Ter Huivra, Netherlands ; Poticana stanogradnja, Croatia ; Hroch, Czech Republic ; Inakasa, Spain ; Praca̧ de Entrecampos, Portugal ; Poljansko nabrezĵe, Slovenia ; Hisǎ Gradasǩa, Slovenia ; Donnybrook Quarter, United Kingdom ; La Closeraie, France ; Viviendas sociales en Carabanchel, Spain ; Prototipo Perifeŕico No.2, Spain ; Kajplats 01, Sweden ; Abito, United Kingdom ; Neprofitna stanovanja Poljane, Slovenia ; Nuovo Portello, Italy ; 44 Sozialwohnungen an der Lohangrinstraße, Germany ; Arborea & Playtime, France ; De Grote Hof, Netherlands ; Arvollskogen, Norway ; ZAC Masseńa, France, CMYK, Slovenia ; Solaris, France ; De Plussenburgh, Netherlands ; Montevideo, Netherlands ; Bjergsted Plataa, Norway ; Korterelamu Koidula tn 24, Estonia ; Czerniowiecka, Poland ; Kai, Austria -- De Salamander, Netherlands ; Apartmenthaus Siewerdstrasse, Switzerland -- The law of diminishing returns: the collective housing shortage in twenty-first century Europe / Hans Ibelings -- Learning to live together: how compromises can create new problems / Caroline Goossens and Katrien Vandermarliere -- Collective housing in the Iberian Peninsula at the dawn of the twenty-first century / Albert Ferre ́-- Collective housing and development planning: the 'building groups' phenomenon: an emerging model for collective housing / Ilka and Andreas Ruby -- Collective housing in small doses / Maria Topolcanska -- Collective housing in Poland / Anna Agata Kantarek -- Building civilia? Twenty-first century housing in the U.K. / Nick Barley -- The umpteenth typology: the typology of the and, or the end of typology? / Bart Lootsma -- From workers' ghettoes to elite apartment blocks: collective housing in Slovenia / Andrej Hrausky -- Cohabiting in the urban encampment / Stefano Boeri -- France: an inventory / Rafael̈ Magrou.