Modern House 2

- A survey of the world's most innovative and inspiring contemporary houses of the 1900s, following the format of Phaidon's hugely popular Modern House
- Documents houses by architects and practices such as Foster and Partners, Williams and Tsien, Gunter Behnisch, Patkau Architects, SANAA, Herzog + de Meuron, Marcos Acayaba and Gabriel Poole
- Organized in five thematic chapters covering contemporary issues, such as ecological concerns, building in isolated areas, building in dense cities
- A truly international selection of houses from North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand- A collection of 30 recent innovative houses from around the world by notable contemporary architects such as Glenn Murcutt, Richard Meier, OMA, Tadao Ando and Frank Gehry
- Each project is analysed in depth and illustrated with photographs, plans and drawings
- A wide variety of projects reveals the importance of the house as a laboratory of design experimentation
- Houses range from organic structures in desert landscapes to villas in Mallorca and Malibu, and urban houses in Paris, London and Tokyo