30位世界**建筑师Norman Foster, Thom Mayne, Tod Williams 和 Billie Tsien谈论了过去十年他们为自己设计的房子。什么启发了他们？有哪些限制？他们的想法是如何形成的？Michael Webb 探讨了这些房子的创意过程，描述了过去两百年的建筑师的房子的影响力，从杰弗逊的故居Monticello到Charles和Ray Eames夫妇、伊东丰雄和弗兰克•盖里的作品。

交织在一起的文字、图片、草图和设计图共同阐述这些在面积、材料、特点和位置都大大不同的房子。有城市中的在旧房间隙处建的新房、乡村的幽静住所、实验性住房，以及新旧结合的住房，每一个房子都反映了主人的个性和品味。这些建筑师都接受了挑战，即把普通的东西变得不普通，把限制变成有利因素。对一个关键问题——房子如何能丰富我们的生活和房子周围的环境——他们给出了不同答案。宽敞的或朴素的，精制的或有瑕疵的，大胆的或简化的，这些大胆创新的房屋将给其他建筑师，以及想要设计或委托他人设计一个****的房子的的带来启发。

Thirty of the world’s leading architects, including Norman Foster, Thom Mayne, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, talk about the houses they designed for themselves over the past decade. What inspired them, what were the constraints, how did their concepts take shape? Michael Webb explores the creative process and traces the influence of architects’ houses over the past two hundred years, from Jefferson’s Monticello to the creations of Charles and Ray Eames, Toyo Ito and Frank Gehry.

Texts, images, sketches and plans are interwoven to illustrate houses that differ widely, in size, material, character and location. There are urban infills, rustic retreats, experiments, and fusions of new and old. They all make a statement, modest or ambitious, and each reflects the personality and tastes of its owner. These architects have accepted the challenge of doing something out of the ordinary, turning constraints to advantage. They give different answers to a crucial question: how can a house enrich lives and its surroundings? Spacious or frugal, refined or rough-edged, daring or reductive, these adventurous dwellings will inspire other architects and everyone who would like to design or commission a house that is one-of-a-kind.



Table of Contents

Introduction • Norman Foster • Buzz Yudell & Tina Beebe • Smiljan Radic • Richard Murphy • Jennifer Beningfield • Thom Mayne • John Wardle • Hans van Heeswijk • Anton García-Abril & Débora Mesa • Todd Saunders • Jim Olson • Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen • Helle Schröder & Martin Janekovic • Peter & Thomas Gluck • Robert Konieczny • Scott Johnson • José Selgas & Lucía Cano • Don Murphy • Andrea & Luca Ponsi • Cristián
Undurraga • Susanne Nobis • Remo Halter & Thomas Lussi • Ramon Bosch & Elisabeta Capdeferro • Kulapat Yantrasast • Kerry Hill Maarten & Jetty Min • Brigitte Shim & Howard Sutcliffe • Benny Govaert • Tod Williams & Billie Tsien • Günther Domenig