Innovations at home

Exceptional contemporary houses from Chile to Croatia to China

Designing private homes offers architects more freedom than corporate projects to express their ideas and try out new concepts. Conceiving living spaces is not without its own set of challenges, for which architects are forever looking for innovative solutions—rethinking the way we inhabit our home and live our daily lives is all part of the job when designing a house. Nowadays environmental concerns have become crucial in building sustainable structures, changing the playing field quite profoundly. This two-volume publication rounds up 100 of the world’s most interesting and pioneering homes from the past decade, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson, Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog and de Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza, UNStudio, and Peter Zumthor.

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The author:
Philip Jodidio 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, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

TASCHEN 25

100 Contemporary Houses. 2 vols

Philip Jodidio
Hardcover, 2 vols. in slipcase, 9.4 x 12.0 in., 688 pages, $ 59.99

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."
— Sunday Mail, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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See also

	Tadao Ando, Art Edition Hardcover in oakwood box, 12.1 x 15.4 in., 600 pages, $ 3,000 Ando's complete works to date 1975-2010. Limited edition of 300 copies
	Shigeru Ban, Complete Works 1985-2010, Art Edition Suisse binding in clamshell box, 12.1 x 15.4 in., 466 pages, $ 1,800 A special cover custom made by Shigeru Ban, with a hand-crafted mesh, inspired by the roof design of the new Centre Pompidou-Metz. Limited edition of 200 copies
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