House: American Houses for the New Century - Hardcover

Lang Ho, Cathy; Barreneche, Raul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078930631X ISBN 13: 9780789306319

Publisher: Universe, 2001

Synopsis

The idea and function, image, and built reality of the house vary from culture to culture, locale to locale, generation to generation, demographic to demographic. Houses do much more than provide a roof over our heads: They are sanctuaries, havens--our private kingdoms, our personalized cocoons. They are backdrops to our everyday lives. They are status symbols. They are economic indicators. For architects, they are dream jobs, test beds, manifestos. Only by understanding the predominant reality of and the prevailing attitudes toward the house can we appreciate the great leaps and changes it is--and always has been--undergoing.

The houses in this book represent new ideas about how to build houses, how they are rooted (and root us) to their locale, and how we use and regard them. The first chapter, "Tectonics," features houses that explore the novel application of materials and building techniques in the domestic realm. Next, "Context" showcases houses that actively engage in their site, drawing inspiration, whether in texture, form, or topography, from their surrounding landscape. Lastly, "Revolutions" addresses the significant shifts our lifestyles have undergone and how the house responded to them.

House features twenty recently built houses that have been designed by some of today's leading architects, including Steven Holl, Toshiko Mori, Alberto Kalach, and Rick Joy. By leading readers to the cutting edge of today's architecture, authors Ho and Barreneche relate today's building trends and hint at what awaits us in the future. Featuring more than 200 color photographs and plans, House is the perfect book for house enthusiasts worldwide.

About this title

About the Author

Cathy Lang Ho is the director of the Sustainable Design program at Earth Pledge, a New York-based nonprofit organization devoted to sustainable living. She is a former senior editor at Architecture magazine and the former editor of Design Book Review, a literary design journal. She has written about architecture and design for numerous publications, including Metropolis, ID, and the New York Times. She is the coauthor of the book American Contemporary Furniture (Universe, 2000).

Raul A. Barreneche is a New York-based design editor and writer. From 1993 to 2000, he worked at Architecture magazine, most recently as senior design and founding editor of House, a quarterly supplement on residential design. Currently, he is a contributing editor to Metropolitan Home and Travel + Leisure and also writes for House Beautiful, One, Dwell, Interiors, and the New York Times. He holds a professional architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Review

...a compelling group of innovative residential designs... -- House & Garden, November 2001

...a fascinating collection of houses and essays on some of the freshest design across the country. -- Barbara Hertenstein, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec. 22, 2001

Anyone who is considering building a house appropriate to the new millennium should allow time to contemplate this world... -- Linda Hales, Washington Post, December 1, 2001

HOUSE offers up 20 innovative and dazzling projects for how we live now... visionary architecture that is also livable. -- Homestyle, December 2001/January 2002

What's great is that... photos of rooms, details and interesting angles tell much of the story. -- Sue Doerfler, Arizona Republic, January 19, 2002

About this edition

• Publisher: Universe
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 078930631X
• ISBN 13: 9780789306319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224