本书探索了自20世纪初以来最具影响力的建造师设计的和最具创新性的400所房屋。
纵观历史，房屋呈现给建筑师的是拥有无限机会的世界，为了居家生活，他们可以不停尝试新方法和新材料。
《房屋：非凡住所》一书以前所未见的方式歌颂了房屋方面不可思议的多样性和美感，从现代派标志性人物到21世纪在技术、材料和空间革新方面的成就。
书中精选的400套房屋合集按精心策划的配对原则编排组织，每一条目都包含了动人的图片和引人入胜的描述讲解。书中所呈现的房屋风格包括现代主义、后现代主义、野兽派、地方主义、解构主义和国际风格。这些房屋来自在国际上以房屋闻名的国家和地区，例如澳大利亚和日本，洛杉矶的“住宅研究活动”房屋系列、康涅狄格州的新迦南镇和纽约火烧岛。
本书探讨了过去与现在数百位蜚声国际的建筑师创造的创意性想象作品，也呈现了名声稍逊的新秀所打造的数十所令人惊叹的房屋。书中包含了20世纪偶像级建筑师，其中有勒·柯布西耶, 密斯·凡·德·罗以及马歇·布劳耶，以及活跃在世界范围的当代首屈一指的建筑师，例如安藤忠雄, 格拉夫顿建筑师事务所和斯蒂文·霍尔。
《房屋·非凡住所》是致设计师、建筑师以及关注人们在哪里、如何生活的所有人的完美献礼。
Explore 400 of the world's most innovative and influential architect-designed houses created since the early 20th century
Throughout history, houses have presented architects the world over with infinite opportunities to experiment with new methods and materials for domestic living.
Houses: Extraordinary Living celebrates the incredible diversity and beauty of the house as never before, from Modernist icons to feats of technological, material, and spatial innovation in the 21st century.
The 400 houses in this collection are organized in curated pairings, with each entry featuring an evocative image and an engaging description. Styles presented include Modernism, Postmodernism, Brutalism, Regionalism, Deconstructivism, and International Style. Houses are from countries and locations worldwide that are famed for their houses, such as Australia and Japan, the Case Study Houses in Los Angeles, New Canaan in Connecticut, and Fire Island in New York.
Explore the creative imaginations of hundreds of internationally renowned architects past and present, as well as dozens of awe-inspiring houses by lesser-known and emerging talents. Iconic architects of the twentieth century, including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Marcel Breuer, as well as the very best of contemporary architects working around the world today, such as Tadao Ando, Grafton, and Steven Holl are included.
Houses: Extraordinary Living is the perfect gift for designers and architects, and anyone interested in where - and how - people live
