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The Iconic House

Architectural Masterworks Since 1900
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The Iconic House presents over 100 groundbreaking houses built since 1900, showcasing diverse styles from Arts and Crafts to High-Tech. With a focus on site sensitivity, local materials, and client needs, each home offers a unique architectural approach. The book includes detailed texts, vivid illustrations, photographs, floor plans, and drawings, supported by a bibliography and gazetteer for further exploration.
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Ideal for students, professionals, design lovers, and anyone inspired by architecture and the dream of building a home.

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Presents over 100 of the world's most significant residential buildings, now published in a compact format to create a handy resource for all lovers and enthusiasts of house design.

A handy resource for all lovers and enthusiasts of house design, featuring over 100 of the world's most significant residential buildings

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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 a careful understanding of clients' needs. Each house possesses 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. Additionally, 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.

Series: Iconic House Series

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Wallpaper* calls it 'a pretty much definitive guide to the houses that have come to define β€œmodern architecture”.' House & Garden describes it as 'the ultimate handbook for those wanting to delve into the evolution of 20th-century architecture.'

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500293942

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 August 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Contributors:

  • Photographs by Richard Powers
  • Photographs by Richard Powers

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 208.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 1600g

Pages: 376

About the Author

Richard Powers specializes in interiors, architecture and the built environment. His books include The Iconic House, Beyond Bawa and New Natural Home, all published by Thames & Hudson. Dominic Bradbury is a writer and journalist specialising in architecture, interiors and design. He writes for many magazines and newspapers in the UK and internationally, including The Times, The Guardian and House & Garden. His many books include Mid-Century Modern Design, The Iconic American House, The Iconic House and New Nordic Houses, all published by Thames & Hudson. He lives in Norfolk with his wife and children.

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