100 Contemporary Houses

by Philip Jodidio

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783836557832
Publisher:	Taschen America, LLC
Publication date:	03/15/2016
Series:	Bibliotheca Universalis
Edition description:	Multilingual Edition
Pages:	688
Sales rank:	688,928
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 7.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.

Editorial Reviews

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Grand Designs

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London Grand Designs

"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."

Sunday Mail

"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."

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