Plywood is arguably the most modern design artifact: it is a material born of natural wood and formed by vigorous industrial processes that can assume the most organic of shapes through bending, laminating, and molding.

Tom Kundig: Houses presents five projects in depth, from their early conceptual sketches to their final lovingly wrought, intimate details.

The past decade has seen a renewed commitment to the architecture of Modernism in civic and cultural buildings, but especially in private houses.

This compact yet abundantly illustrated book showcases 29 houses all built in the first few years of the 21st century, illuminating trends in domestic architecture on six continents.