100 Contemporary Houses (Bibliotheca Universalis) (Multilingual Edition)

100 Contemporary Houses (Bibliotheca Universalis) (Multilingual Edition)

<strong>Domestic bliss: Innovative, intimate architecture from China to Chile</strong><br /><br />Designing private residences has its own <strong>very special challenges and nuances</strong> for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the <strong>preferences, requirements and vision of particular personalities becomes priority</strong>. The delicate task is to translate all the emotive associations and practical requirements of “home” into a workable, constructed reality.<br /><br />This publication rounds up <strong>100 of the world’s most interesting and pioneering homes from the past decade</strong>, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including <strong>John Pawson</strong>, <strong>Richard Meier</strong>, <strong>Shigeru Ban</strong>, <strong>Tadao Ando</strong>, <strong>Zaha Hadid</strong>, <strong>Herzog and de Meuron</strong>, <strong>Daniel Libeskind</strong>, <strong>Alvaro Siza</strong>, <strong>UNStudio</strong>, and <strong>Peter Zumthor</strong>. Accommodating daily routines of eating, sleeping, and shelter, as well as offering the space for personal experience and relationships, this is architecture at its most elementary and its most intimate.<br /><br /><strong>About the series:</strong><br /><strong><em>Bibliotheca Universalis</em>— Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price</strong>!<br />Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. <em>Bibliotheca Universalis</em> brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.<br /><strong>Bookworm’s delight — never bore, always excite</strong>!<br /><br />Text in English, French, and German