The Modern House
Published on 11. May 1995
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7148-2889-3 (ISBN)
Description
The twentieth century has produced some of the most innovative and memorable designs for private houses, which have become architectural icons worldwide. In the 1920s and 1930s, 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 collection of innovative projects that reveal some of the real concerns of world-famous architects, and display the talents of younger designers eager to establish their reputations. The 30 recent houses from around the world included in this book reveal current developments in house design by notable contemporary architects, and demonstrate continuing links with the work of the early twentieth-century masters.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
215 colour and 93 b&w illustrations, 148 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 250 mm
Weight
1882 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7148-2889-3 (9780714828893)
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Content
The house as object in the landscape; the house as construction; the site-responsive house; the organic house; urban compromise. Featured projects include: Luigi Snozzi, Casa Bemasconi; Antonio Cainpo Baeza, house in Spain; Pawson Silvestrin, Neuendorf House; Richard Meier, Ackerberg House, Malibu; Antoine Predock, Zuber House; Tadao Ando, Kidosaki House; OMA, Villa, Paris; Dirk Alten, The Eagle; Stephane Beel, Bruges House; Shinichi Ogawa, house for a Cubist; Daryl Jackson, Beach House, Bermagui; Scogin Elam & Bray, Chniar House; Sergio Puente/Ada Dewes, Weekend House; Barry Marshall, Beach House; Nonda Katsalides, Beach House; Xaveer de Geyter, House in Antwerp; Mario Botta, Casa Biarida, Losone; Frank Gehry, Winton House, Mimesota; Bart Prince, Price House; Joshua Schweitzer, The Monument; Enric Miralles, House in Barcelona; Masaharu Takasaki, Zero Cosmology House; Ushida Findlay Truss, Beam House; Mecanoo, House for Houben de Graaf; Hajime Yatsuka, House in Komae; David Wild, House in Camden; Glenn Murcutt, Done House; Graham Morrison, Allies & Morrison, Blackheath House.