| Description |
376 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Originally published: 2009 |
| Summary |
The Iconic House' features over 100 of the most important and influential houses designed and built since 1900. International in scope and wide-ranging in style, the houses share a remarkable sensitivity to site and context, appreciation of local materials and building traditions, and careful understanding of clients' needs. Each, however, has a unique approach that makes it groundbreaking and radical for its time. Concise, informative texts and fresh, vibrant illustrations, including specially commissioned photographs, floor plans and drawings, offer detailed documentation, while a bibliography, gazetteer and list of houses by type provide further information. Whether Arts and Crafts or Art Nouveau, Modernist or Minimalist, High-Tech or new vernacular, these unforgettable buildings from around the world will inspire and delight students and professionals, design aficionados and anyone who dreams of building a house of their own |
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Architect-designed houses.
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Architect-designed houses -- History -- 20th century.
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Architects -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Powers, Richard, 1967- photographer (expression)
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| ISBN |
9780500293942 (hbk.) |
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0500293945 (hbk.) |
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