100 Contemporary Houses

100 Contemporary Houses

by PhilipJodidio (Author)

Synopsis

Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the preferences, requirements and vision of particular personalities becomes priority. The delicate task is to translate all the emotive associations and practical requirements of home into a workable, constructed reality.This publication rounds up 100 of the world's most interesting and pioneering homes designed in the past two decades, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson, Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza, and Peter Zumthor. Accommodating daily routines of eating, sleeping, and shelter, as well as offering the space for personal experience and relationships, this is architecture at its most elementary and its most intimate.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 688
Edition: Multilingual
Publisher: TASCHEN
Published: 19 Apr 2016

ISBN 10: 3836557835
ISBN 13: 9783836557832

Media Reviews
Delivering what the title suggests, this stylish tome showcases contemporary houses from Chile to Croatia and offers an insight into how each one functions, how it was built and how it 'delivers' for each of its owners. It's ideas galore.
Author Bio
Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.