| Description |
319 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Next level living -- Perfect balance -- Integrated with site -- Child's play -- Razzle dazzle -- Modern resilience -- A raw aesthetic -- Set in concrete -- Over the edge -- Forest outlook -- Building family connections -- Courting in style -- Light and bright -- Crystalline form -- Bird's-eye view -- A circular passion -- Countryside charm -- Head in the clouds -- For the love of art -- Changing the mood -- Stacking up -- Wooloowin wonder -- Nestled in the landscape -- Planting new roots -- Romance in the dunes -- Complete contrast -- Box of tricks -- Home made -- Harboring the view -- Rustic modernist -- Concrete ambience -- A shared space -- Transparent intentions -- Carlifornia dreaming -- Salvaged for the future -- Solar canopy -- Reflecting the environment -- Abstracted forms -- Connecting enviornments -- Desert reflections -- Slipping into place -- Nurturing design -- Credits |
| Summary |
This stunning book takes you on a thrilling tour through the fascinating, eclectic and stylish abodes of some of the world's best-known architects. Not only do these pages offer a rare glimpse into each architect's personal, private environment, but each uniquely designed project provides insight into how each architect marries trends with their own personal philosophy, and how they inject interior design flair into their own contemporary domain. Combining rich photography and spectacular imagery with an incisive summary by a leading architecture specialist, 'Architects at Home' provides a rich source for those keen to delve into the design aesthetics, concepts and innovations of prominent architects from around the globe. |
| Subject |
Architect-designed houses
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Architects -- Homes and haunts
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Architecture, Domestic
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| Author |
Mutlow, John V., author of introduction
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| ISBN |
1864708131 hardcover |
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9781864708134 hardcover |
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