What brings a home to life? This is the underlying quest behind each of the 21 spectacular houses showcased in this colourful volume, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and floor plans, with commentary by the contributing architects.Houses Now takes us behind the facades and into the minds of the masters behind the design of each house. Undeniably contemporary and forward thinking in planning and execution, these houses were chosen for their ability to inspire, to break away from the norm.

What brings a home to life? This is the underlying quest behind each of the 21 spectacular houses showcased in this colourful volume, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and floor plans, with commentary by the contributing architects.Houses Now takes us behind the facades and into the minds of the masters behind the design of each house. Undeniably contemporary and forward thinking in planning and execution, these houses were chosen for their ability to inspire, to break away from the norm.

Aldo Celoria

Travella House

Takao Shiotsuka Atelier

Blue House

Safdie Rabine Architects

Simon Residence

Roberto Tognon Architetto

Ruzza House

Bottega + Ehrhardt Architekten

House M

Jimenez Brasa Arquitectos

House in Granada

David Soldevila

House with studio in Tiana

Taku Sakaushi/O.RD.A.

YAMA

ARTEC Architekten

Balic-Benzing House

Felipe Assadi

Christophe Rousselle

Serrano House

Peter Ebner + Franziska Ullmann

House O.+H.

Dawson Brown Architecture

Bungan Beach House

Caramel Architekten & Friedrich Stiper

House H

Noriyuki Tajima + tele-design

C2House

Stuart Tanner Architects

Pirates Bay House

Tommie Wilhelmsen

Villa Hellearmen

E. Cobb Architects

Kogan Residence

Waro Kishi + K.ASSOClATES/Architects

House in Higashi-Otsu

Office of Mobile Design,

Jennifer Siegal

Seatrain House

Jun Igarashi Architect

Kaze no wa

Cloud 9

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