first time i've heard of this term. does it mean housing whose primary entrance is from the alley and not the street?

my parents lived in a converted coach house in canada for 2 years. it's one of the few places they've lived where i was impressed with their decision.

john ronan did a really nice one in chicago

first thing that came to mind is the brick house by caruso st john. it's pretty well-published, including 'architecture' mag.

shim-sutcliffe has designed and published extensive studies on laneway houses.

oh wait! just realized, after post-it's comment, that we're talking about alleys, not infill in a porte-cochere type thing. aren't there a lot of alley houses in toronto and vancouver? like a little alley-house culture sort of thing?

not an alley house but isn't OMA/Koohaas' Bourdeaux House hemmed in on all sides by other houses? if I remember the site is a weird triangular left over space between other yards... kinda tangentially related i guess...

the convertable furniture in Ronan's is really rockin... don't know if you can find any good pics or drawings on the web though...

steven, it's more toronto than vancouver.

shim-sutcliffe's own house is a laneway. they helped to push the city to change zoning to accomodate for increased density.

look here
and here

for a little background on toronto's laneways

great links holz.box. cheers!

i'm assuming this is academics related - what city are you looking to attempt this in? some of us may know of existing models in that city.

holz, you could say it's academics related, but it's actually for a potential "real" project in vancouver. just started searching today, but have yet to recall any nice examples of this typology here.

i'm assuming you are referring to vancouver b.c. and not washington.

and in that case...
check this out
[url=http://www.sfu.ca/city/PDFs/AffordableHousing/laneway_areas_cov.pdf/and this[/url]

holz, i'm in vancouver, b.c.

so, i figure you're either, really bored, or you've reseached this topic before. whatever the case, thanks!

it's a bit of both.
but mostly previously researched and bookmarked.