Homes for Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World
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Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest refuges, discover the world’s finest crop of new homes. This cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban, MVRDV, and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunri Nishizawa. Here, there are homes in Australia and New Zealand, from China and Vietnam, in the United States and Mexico, and on to less expected places like Ecuador and Costa Rica. The result is a sweeping survey of the contemporary house and a revelation that homes across the globe may have more in common than expected. Among guava trees and abandoned forts in Western India is a sanctuary designed for and by Kamal Malik of Malik Architecture. The House of Three Streams is a sprawling spectacle with high ceilings, verandas, and pavilions, perched atop a ridge overlooking two ravines. A medley of steel, glass, wood, and stone, the house weaves along the contour of the landscape, almost as an extension of the forest. Encina House by Aranguren & Gallegos, an elegant, sloping structure reminiscent of a gazebo, similarly inhabits its surrounding vista. Ensconced in a pine forest north of Madrid, the lower level is embedded in rock and connected to the upper by a natural stone wall. Shinichi Ogawa’s Seaside House is an immaculate two-story minimalist marvel in Kanagawa that overlooks the Pacific. Its living area spills onto a cantilevered terrace and infinity pool, almost dissolving into the ocean as one seamless entity. In Vietnam, Shunri Nishizawa’s House in Chau Doc exudes tropical sophistication with exposed timber beams, woven bamboo, plants, concrete panels, and inner balconies and terraces. Its corrugated iron panels act as moveable walls and shutters, ushering in views of surrounding rice fields. These homes―along with more than 50 others―are each remarkably distinct in design. They all, however, toe the line between inside and outside, each one symbiotic with its surroundings. Review: Good read - Interesting book, not a large book but very nice quality photos Review: Cute - Look pretty nice
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 736 Reviews |
A**R
Good read
Interesting book, not a large book but very nice quality photos
M**Y
Cute
Look pretty nice
R**A
Well illustrated
Great book and well illustrated.
G**N
Perfect!
A perfect coffee table book!
B**R
Beautiful book - But get the larger size
The photography and layout is stunning, and the printing is high quality - as one would expect from this publisher. However he size of the book is not that of a coffee table book - it's the size of a novel. You really need the larger printing of the same book - double the size - in order to be able to fully appreciate the photography and the line-drawing floorplans. If I had the larger size - it would be a 5 star review
C**!
Muy bien
Exactamente lo que necesitaba
B**N
Amazing
Amazing
L**E
Great modern house book
I am not an architect, but I was impressed by this book when I saw it at a french furniture store. It will tease your mind!
A**Z
Excelente
El libro llego en perfecto estado, la calidad es muy buena y en cuanto al libro son muy extensas , descriptivas y con muy buenas fotos cada una de las casas.
J**T
Awesome !
Everything I was looking for
M**X
La casa de tus sueños
Un buen libro como fuente de inspiración para la casa de tus sueños. Recomendado tanto para aficionados, interioristas o arquitectos. La encuadernación es muy buena y cuidada como siempre, con una solapa troquelada con el mismo grosor del libro. Las medidas son ligeramente más grandes que los volúmenes de TASCHEN para las últimas reediciones, lo cual a mi modo de ver se agradece. Me producía algo de TOC tener todos los libros a la misma altura en la estantería. Las fotos son muy buenas y además incluye planos, cosa que no se suele hacer y es un gran punto a su favor. El hecho que lo hayan impreso en fondo negro mejora visualmente el libro y facilita la lectura. En la descripción de Amazon pone que está en alemán, francés y plurilingüe lo cual me dio a entender que incluía el castellano. Gran error por mi parte ya que solo es inglés, alemán y francés pero no es ningún drama. Dentro de la información de cada una de las casas incluye la dirección de su ubicación muy útil si queremos stalkear alguna en concreto
A**X
Slordig afgewerkt Slechte kwaliteit van de uitvoering (zie foto).
Het boek was in het plastic verzegeld en helaas kon ik niet zien dat er een fabriek defect was. Ik heb het als cadeau aan iemand gegeven en nu schaam ik me er voor.. Blijkbaar het is al te laat om het terug naar Amazon/Taschen te sturen.
M**.
Homes for our time! Sensacional!
Livro maravilhoso com muita inspiração e novas idéias para projetos sustentáveis e integrados a natureza!
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