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The iconic house : architectural masterworks since 1900

Bradbury, Dominic, author, Powers, Richard, 1967- photographer

2018

Overview

\"The Iconic House features over 100 of the most important and influential houses designed and built since 1900. International in scope and wide-ranging in style, the houses share a remarkable sensitivity to site and context, appreciation of local materials and building traditions, and careful understanding of clients' needs. Each, however, has a unique approach that makes it groundbreaking and radical for its time. Concise, informative texts and fresh, vibrant illustrations, including specially commissioned photographs, floor plans and drawings, offer detailed documentation, while a bibliography, gazetteer and list of houses by type provide further information. Whether Arts and Crafts or Art Nouveau, Modernist or Minimalist, High-Tech or new vernacular, these unforgettable buildings from around the world will inspire and delight students and professionals, design aficionados and anyone who dreams of building a house of their own.\"-- Publisher's description.

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Subject: Architect-designed houses History 20th century Pictorial works. / Architects Biography. / Architecture, Domestic.
• ISBN: 9780500293942, 0500293945

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NA7125.B658 2018	1	BOOK	ARTS