The Iconic HouseRichard Powers Dominic BradburyLabel: Thames & Hudson LtdDescription: A handy resource for all lovers and enthusiasts of house design featuring over 100 of the world’s most significant residential buildings. 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 an appreciation of local materials and building traditions and a 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 architect biographies a bibliography a 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.
