100 Contemporary Houses - TASCHEN Hardcover Architecture Book

100 Contemporary Houses: A Global Survey of Innovative Residential Architecture

Domestic Bliss | Innovative, intimate architecture from China to Chile

Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the preferences, requirements and vision of particular personalities becomes priority. The delicate task is to translate all the emotive associations and practical requirements of "home" into a workable, constructed reality.

This publication rounds up 100 of the world's most interesting and pioneering homes designed in the past two decades, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson, Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & de Meuron, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza, and Peter Zumthor. 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.

Comprehensive Architecture Reference

This 688-page hardcover volume serves as a dependable global digest of residential architecture, examining the nuances, challenges, and opportunities architects face when turning emotional and practical requirements of "home" into constructed reality. Each project showcases how renowned architects approach the intimate scale of private residence design, balancing personal vision with functional necessity.

Featured Architects and Projects

The collection includes works from some of the most influential contemporary architects worldwide. From John Pawson's minimalist approach to Zaha Hadid's bold geometric forms, from Tadao Ando's concrete poetry to Herzog & de Meuron's material innovation, this book captures the diversity of contemporary residential design across continents and cultures.

Product Specifications

Open the door into 100 of the most beautiful and pioneering houses of the past two decades. With featured architects including Daniel Libeskind, Herzog & de Meuron, and Zaha Hadid, this is a dependable global digest of the nuances, challenges, and opportunities of turning all the emotional and practical requirements of "home" into a constructed actuality.

• 100 Contemporary Houses Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.29 lb, 688 pages
• ISBN 978-3-8365-5783-2
• Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German)

The Author

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.