Duplex, Townhouse and Multi-family House Plans & Design Books

The books listed on this page contain floorplans, elevations and/or design ideas for building duplexes and townhouses. You are also welcome to preview more than 250 duplex plans and multi-family plans by visiting the 4homebuilder.com Plan Center and clicking on the search button. Then, from the resulting page, select the check box next to "Multi-Unit" under the "General Styles" field of the search form.

• American Victorian Cottage Homes
  - by Palliser, Palliser & Co.
  Full of great illustrations and plans for victorian houses of the late 1800's, many perspective views and some detail drawings. Great to look at and perfect if you plan to build a traditional victorian home or duplex and need some ideas.



• Duplex & Townhome Plans: 51 Designs for Multi-Family Living - by Home Planners



• Duplex Homes: Designer's Book of Home Plans - by Piercy & Barclay Designers



• W. D. Farmer's Duplex Homes & Homes with In-Law Suites, Home Plans for Pleasant Living - by W. D. Farmer



• The Narrow Home Plan Collection: 258 Home Plans 26-50 ' in Width
  - by Design Basics Inc.
  Book was created to provide both builders & consumers with a variety of solutions for narrow lots with 217 beautiful house plans, 50 feet or less in width, from the world's largest home designer.



• Bicknell's Victorian Buildings: Floor Plans and Elevations for 45 Houses and Other Structures - by A. J. Bicknell
• The New American Townhouse
  - by Alexander Gorlin, Paul Goldberger
  Ranging from sites in New York, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Seaside, Florida, & Los Angeles, each of the buildings featured in The New American Town House represents an eloquent contribution to the form. From the funky, gritty streets of Greenwich Village to the quiet sunny walks of San Francisco, the book explores the cutting-edge designs of twenty-six recently built town houses by such celebrated young architects as Tod Williams and Billy Tsien, Mark Mack, Dan Solomon, Stanley Saitowitz, Dirk Lohan, & Alexander Gorlin.



• Town Houses: Urban Houses from 1200 to the Present Day - by Marcus Binney



• The Baltimore Rowhouse
  - by Mary Ellen Hayward, Charles Belfoure
  The Baltimore Rowhouse provides an insightful retrospective of the growth of Baltimore City over a 200+ year period by analyzing the houses which its residents built and occupied. It chronicles the birth of a city and describes its growing pains in accomodating its increasing population...



• The Townhouse Gardener by Sherry Mitchell



• Tips and Traps When Buying a Condo, Co-Op, or Townhouse - by Robert Irwin



• Common Walls/Private Homes: Multi-Residential Design - by John R. Nolon, Duo Dickinson