Overview
The twentieth century produced countless innovative and memorable designs for private houses, many of which have become architectural icons worldwide. In the 1920s and 30s the private house was the means by which architects established the early Modern Movement, and clients looked favourably on commissioning the Avant-Garde. Today, the house is enjoying an architectural renaissance, as private clients have returned to architects to express their wealth and status. The result is a wide variety of innovative projects that reveals the importance of the house as a laboratory of design experimentation, demonstrating some of the real concerns of world-famous architects, and displaying the talents of young designers eager to establish their reputations. The 30 recent houses from around the world included in this book show current developments in house design by notable contemporary architects, and highlight continuing links with the work of the early twentieth-century masters. Each project is covered in depth and fully illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings.
Full Product Details
Author: John Welsh
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Edition: New edition
Volume: NO. 1
Dimensions:
Width: 25.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 29.00cm
Weight: 1.490kg
ISBN: 9780714838373
ISBN 10: 0714838373
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 February 1999
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
The 20th century has produced some of the most innovative and memorable designs for private houses, many of which have become architectural icons worldwide - one only has to think of buildings produced by Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright. The 30 recent houses from around the world included in this book, first published in hardback in 1995, reveal current developments in house design by notable contemporary architects and demonstrate the continuing links with the early 20th-century masters. Each project is covered in depth and fully illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings. (Kirkus UK)
Give this book to potential clients. -Architects' Journal Knowledgeable, specific and convincing. -House Beautiful Welsh's contemporary line-up is refreshingly diverse, architecturally and geographically, and includes spectacular works. -Progressive Architecture
Give this book to potential clients. -Architects' Journal Knowledgeable, specific and convincing. -House Beautiful Welsh's contemporary line-up is refreshingly diverse, architecturally and geographically, and includes spectacular works. -Progressive Architecture
'Give this book to potential clients.' (Architects' Journal) 'Knowledgeable, specific and convincing.' (House Beautiful) 'Welsh's contemporary line-up is refreshingly diverse, architecturally and geographically, and includes spectacular works.' (Progressive Architecture)
"""Give this book to potential clients.""—Architects' Journal ""Knowledgeable, specific and convincing.""—House Beautiful ""Welsh's contemporary line-up is refreshingly diverse, architecturally and geographically, and includes spectacular works.""—Progressive Architecture"
Author Information
John Welsh is former Editor of the RIBA Journal. He was previously Buildings Editor of Building Design.
