Twenty Houses By Twenty Architects - Hardcover

Daguerre, Mercedes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904313183 ISBN 13: 9781904313182

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2003

Synopsis

This volume, now available in paperback, inaugurates a new Electaarchitecture series on residential architecture and presents an illustrated portfolio of 20 innovative, talked-about houses built around the world during the past decade by both celebrated architects and emerging young designers. The houses range from the United States to Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Japan, and Australia, designed by such architects as Tadao Ando of Japan, Carlos Ferrater of Spain, Rem Koolhaas of the Netherlands, GA Grupo Arquitectura of Mexico, Glenn Murcutt of Australia, and Tod Williams and Billie Tsien of the United States. The book is aimed at a general readership and provides an excellent overview of current trends in contemporary residential architecture

About this title

About the Author:

Mercedes Daguerre is an Italy-based critic and historian. She graduated in architecture from the University Institute of Architecture in Venice in 1985 and has taught and carried out research in various universities in Europe and the Americas. She is the author of many books on contemporary architecture including 'Twenty Houses by Twenty Architects, Latin American Houses' (Pall Mall Press, 2012) and 'New Villas in Switzerland' (2011).

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904313183
• ISBN 13: 9781904313182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240