In architecture, housing in particular, you never are the first. Virtually everything has been tried before. Each concrete solution found for a detail is a compound of predecessors’ ideas and new original thought, and it again contributes to the global virtual pool for succeeding concepts. In twenty years’ work of Zurich-based co-operative pool Architekten, residential buildings have always been a special focus of research and design. The new book Poolology of Housing now allows the reader to take a closer look at collective’s experimental drive and its output, and to learn from their expertise. Core of the book is a collection of 200 floor plans, designed