Livro Homes for Our Time - Contemporary Houses around the World

Discover the best crop of new homes in the world. This authoritative global roundup features talent like Shigeru Ban, MVRDV and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming newcomers like Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia and Shunri Nishizawa. Organized by the architect and filled with photographs and clear floor plans, the result is a comprehensive survey of the contemporary home. There's no place like home. Enter the most beautiful private residences in the world. From small houses and luxury villas, beach houses and forest retreats, discover the best crop of new homes in the world. This cutting-edge global roundup features talent like Shigeru Ban, MVRDV and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia and Shunri Nishizawa. Here, there are homes in Australia and New Zealand, China and Vietnam, the United States and Mexico, and less expected places like Ecuador and Costa Rica. The result is a comprehensive survey of the contemporary home and a revelation that homes across the world may have more in common than expected. Among guava trees and abandoned forts in western India is a sanctuary designed for and by Kamal Malik of Malik Architecture. The Casa dos Três Córregos is a large show, with high ceilings, balconies and pavilions, on top of a ridge overlooking two ravines. A mixture of steel, glass, wood and stone, the house weaves along the contour of the landscape, almost like an extension of the forest. The author: Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited the Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include Architecture Now! series and monographs on Tadao Ando, ​​Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid and soon Norman Foster.