Innovative, intimate architecture from China to Chile
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.
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 Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid, and soon Norman Foster.
100 Contemporary Houses
Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.28 lb, 688 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-5783-2
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
