The Atlas of Multifamily Housing in Serbia is the second publication of the team of authors from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, published as part of a comprehensive research on structure and typology of the building fund of Serbia, with the aim of researching and improving energy characteristics of buildings.

The whole project was developed using the methodology developed in the framework of the European project TABULA - for this purpose, the questionnaires were developed and extensive fieldwork was carried out, which resulted in the analysis of more than 10,000 multifamily housing buildings. The obtained data were then systematized in detail so that the final result would be a general typology of multi-storey buildings with a special emphasis on their energy characteristics, described in the introductory part.

The main part of the Atlas is divided into seven chapters, each corresponding to a period of construction activity in Serbia, beginning from the end of the 19th century. In the former, first monograph, this division was carried out territorially - the choice of a diachronic approach is an indication of the fact that multi-family housing is more influenced by technological innovations (such as new construction materials or prefabrication) and social events (different investors and programs) than by spatial conditions such as environmental and climatic conditions.

Within a single period, the presentation begins with a brief description of socio-economic events that have influenced the architectural design of those years. After determining the percentage of the buildings built in this period in each of the four main types (free-standing house, row house, multi-storey building and high-rise housing towers), followed by the typological analysis (number of floors, functions, number of flats, surfaces, type and use of top floors), and the analysis of energy efficiency (number and type of window frames, and facade materialization). For each type of building, from a given period, one characteristic object was selected, which was then described in detail, from plans and sections, through functional analysis, to the elements of thermal envelope, with suggestions for improving the energy characteristics.

This monograph is the result of many years of hard work that is not only valuable for the creation of strategies for improving the energy characteristics of the Serbian building fund, which was in fact the main intention, but also an immeasurable contribution to researchers of architectural typology in this region. The extensiveness and systematicity of this project are remarkable, and we are sure that the next generations of architects will include this publication in their research.