Modern House 2 - Hardcover

Melhuish, Clare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714839876 ISBN 13: 9780714839875

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2000

Synopsis

Following Phaidon's Modern House (published 1993), Modern House 2 is a survey of the world's most innovative contemporary houses. Organized thematically within chapters focusing on ecological awareness, changing patterns of living, and building in both urban and rural environments, the author examines approximately thirty houses from Europe, North and South America, Australia, Asia and the Far East. A final chapter also discusses recent international competitions and commissions for concept houses offering a view into future possibilities for domestic architecture.
The architects featured include among others Marcos Acayaba (Brazil), Gunter Behnisch (Germany), Thom Craig (New Zealand), Foster and Partners (UK), Herzog & de Meuron (Switzerland), Glenn Murcutt (Australia), Office for Metropolitan Architecture (The Netherlands), Patkau Architects (Canada), Gabriel Poole (Australia), Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA (Japan) and Williams and Tsien (USA).

About this title

About the Author

Clare Melhuish is an architectural critic and anthropologist specializing in modern architecture and cultural identity. She contributes regularly to the Architects' Journal and was formerly reviews editor for Building Design. She is the author of Phaidon's Odile Decq: Benoit Cornette monograph (1996), and editor of Architecture and Anthropology (AD Profile 124, Academy Editions, 1996). She has written extensively for the Architectural Press and other publications.

Review

"Love or loathe modern architecture, you can't deny this is an impressive book."-Self-Build "Due to the clarity and candour of the author's mind, you might call this volume hunky-dory, with its fine photographs and production values we expect to find from Phaidon... Melhuish's assiduous choice of material and her accompanying comments gave me hope what might happen in the next decade... Were I a young married parent toying with the idea of building a house, or especially an aspiring architecture student, I would hug anyone giving me this book for Christmas. It is so full of ideas about people as they happen to be, which is why I described Melhuish's choice as assiduous."-Architects' Journal "They should give out free spittoons with this book. After a few minutes gawping at the pictures in Modern House 2 you'll find a small pool of drool hanging from your lip. After a few minutes more you will have turned a fetching shade of green. If only we could all live in a modern house... See many definitive houses of the 90s... Feel free to daydream but try not to embarrass yourself."-Guardian "Well-illustrated and intelligently compiled... Modern House 2 is... excellent, both as a source book and as a broad brush survey of current architectural trends."-Royal Institute of British Architects "A highly enlightening book."-Frame, Netherlands

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0714839876
• ISBN 13: 9780714839875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240