AV 127 THE NATURAL HOUSE

Description

As the collection of 25 projects here demonstrate the ideal ‘natural house’ pivots on both a stunning natural location along with a great degree of freedom in its architectural design. Collected from around the world, photographed in colour and accompanied by plans, elevations, detail and models, the houses here are grouped according to natural conditions such as forests, coasts, rugged, mild and harsh landscapes.

CONTENTS

Forest Density

• Takei & Nabeshima: Ring House, Karuizawa, Japan
• Pezo & Von Ellrichshausen: Rivo House, Valdivia, Chile
• Andrade & Morettin: RR House, Itamambuca, Brazil
• Nitsche Arquitetos: Iporanga House, Guarujá, Brazil
• Eduardo Arroyo: Levene House, El Escorial, Spain

Coast Limit

• Durbach & Block: Holman House, Sydney, Australia
• Tham & Videgård Hansson: Archipelago House, Husarö, Sweden
• O’Donnell & Tuomey: Sleeping Giant House, Killiney, Ireland
• Alvaro Siza: House in Majorca, Spain
• Irisarri & Piñera: House in Redondela, Spain

Rugged Threshold

• Sou Fujimoto: 7/2 House, Hokkaido, Japan
• Sáez & Barragán: Pendimento House, Quito, Ecuador
• Valdimar Harðarson: Gata Summerhouse, Flúdir, Iceland
• Bates & Maher: Poustinia Houses, Kilsheelan, Ireland
• ARX Portugal: House in Martinhal, Portugal

Mild Landscape

• FAR, Frohn & Rojas: Wall House, Santiago de Chile, Chile
• HMA, Hanrahan & Meyers: Holley Residence, Garrison, United States
• Thomas Phifer: Salt Point House, New York, United States
• Hertl Architekten: Ecker Abu Zahra House, Luftenberg, Austria
• Antón García-Abril: Hemeroscopium House, Las Rozas, Spain

Harsh Domain

• Sean Godsell: Glenburn House, Victoria, Australia
• Terroir: Acton Park House, Tasmania, Australia
• Smiljan Radic: Copper House 2, Talca, Chile
• Rick Joy: Desert Nomad House, Tucson, United States
• Zenkaya: Zenkaya House, Highveld, South Africa

Residential Auction

• James S. Russell: The Modern House, an Art Market Commodity?

144 pages, color ills / 24 x 30 / Spanish, English