The houses in this book represent new ideas about how to build houses, how they are rooted (and root us), and how we use and regard them. The first chapter, ‘Tectonics’, features novel applications of materials and building techniques. Next, ‘Context’ showcases houses that actively engage in their site, drawing inspiration, in texture, form, or topography, from their surroundings. Lastly, ‘Revolutions’ addresses the significant shifts our lifestyles have undergone and how the house has responded to them.
House features twenty recently built houses designed by some of today’s leading architects, including Steven Holl, Toshiko Mori, Alberto Kalach and Rick Joy. Leading readers to the cutting edge of today’s architecture, authors Ho and Barreneche relate today’s building trends and hint at what awaits us in the future. Featuring more than 200 colour photographs and plans, House is an essential book for architecture bookshelves everywhere.