Highrise of Homes, project, Aerial perspective and plan

SITE

James Wines

1981

An ink-and-sienna-wash drawing by SITE proposing a “highrise of homes” — a stacked block of house-like apartments organized around a shared open center to fuse private domesticity with dense urban living.

The sepia wash and fine pen work give you a tactile, bird’s-eye view of terraces, rooftop gardens and varied facades rising like a vertical neighborhood, while the adjacent plan crisply labels Home A–H, bridges, elevators and the central plaza.

The project reframes postwar tower housing by combining individual domesticity with collective infrastructure, influencing late‑20th‑century conversations about urban density, community design, and alternative apartment typologies.

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Art Terms

Architectural drawing Plan drawing Drawing Ink Perspective Architecture Built environment Urbanization

Exhibitions

Architecture in Government Housing

1936

Built in USA: Post-War Architecture

1953

Modern Architecture for the Modern School

1942

Architectural Studies and Projects

1975