A survey of the world's most innovative and inspiring modern residential architecture. A survey of the world's most innovative and inspiring contemporary houses of the 1900s, following the format of Phaidon's hugely popular Modern House Documents houses by architects and practices such as Foster and Partners, Williams and Tsien, Gunter Behnisch, Patkau Architects, SANAA, Herzog + de Meuron, Marcos Acayaba and Gabriel Poole Organized in five thematic chapters covering contemporary issues, such as ecological concerns, building in isolated areas, building in dense cities A truly international selection of houses from North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand 300 colour illustrations, 40 black and white illustrations, 100 line drawings sakriti opis