Overview

This book looks at the best houses of the twenty-first century. Focusing on privately commissioned homes, this is a well-informed survey of the best residential architecture to be built in recent years. Selected from Phaidon's extensive research into contemporary global architecture, each project is given two double page spreads with a selection of images showing every aspect of the building, accompanied by an engaging and informative text about the house and its context.

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Author:   Maire Cox ,  Phaidon Editors
Publisher:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:   Phaidon Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 25.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 29.60cm
Weight:   1.400kg
ISBN:  

9780714855998

ISBN 10:   0714855995
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   13 November 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Lotus House, Kengo Kuma & Associates; Baron House, John Pawson; Delta Shelter, Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects; House O, Sou Fujimoto Architects; 2PartsHouse, BKK Architects; Holman House, Durbach Block Architects; Roof House, Tezuka Architects; St Andrews Beach House, Sean Godsell Architects; House Tower, Atelier Bow-Wow; Earth House, Stephen Jolson Architect; Du Plessis House, Marcio Kogan; Solar Umbrella House, Pugh + Scarpa Architects; House SH, NAP Architects; Villa NM, UNStudio; Rooftecture S House, Shuhei Endo Architect Institute; Yzerfontein House, Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects; Ship House, Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates; B20 House, Pk Arkitektar; Tolo House, Alvaro Leite Siza Vieira; Dragspel House, 24 H-architecture; Hill House, Johnston Marklee & Associates; Goodman House, Preston Scott Cohen; Ponce House, Mathias Klotz; Larrain House, Cecilia Puga Larrain; Bamboo Wall House, Kengo Kuma & Associates; Springtecture B House, Shuhei Endo Architect Institute; Mimetic House, Dominic Stevens Architects; Slice House, Procter-Rihl; House on the Coast, Aires Mateus; Fink House, Dietrich Untertrifaller Architeckten; House in Brione, Markus Wespi Jerome de Meuron architects; Ring House, Makoto Takei + Chie Nabeshima/TNA; Holiday House on the Rigi, Andreas Fuhrimann, Gabrielle Hachler Architekten;The Red House, Tony Fretton Architects; Father's House in Jade Mountains, MADA s.p.a.m.; House to Watch the Sunset, Not Vital; Maison E, Shigeru Ban Architects

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Twenty-eight curators, critics, art historians, and artists contributed their expertise to create this art-lover's ideal museum. They come from such institutions as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the British Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; the University of California, Berkeley; La Trobe University, Melbourne; the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London; and The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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