Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Environmental awareness: Gunther Behnisch (Ger): Charlotte House, Stuttgart, Germany; Glen Murcutt (Aus): Marika-Alderton House, Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia; Gabriel Poole (Aus): Poole House, Lake Weyba, Queensland, Australia; Marcos Acayaba (Brazil): Acayaba House, Guaruja, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ken Shuttleworth, Foster &Partners (UK): Crescent House, Wiltshire, UK; Javier Senoisiain (Mex): Mexican Whale House, Mexico City, Mexico; Chapter 2 Changing patterns of living within the home: Robbrecht & Daem (Bel): Lannoo House, Sint Martens Latem, Belgium; Peter Barber (UK): Villa Anbar, Dammam, Saudi Arabia; Richard Stacy, Tanner Leddy Maytum Stacy (USA): Corson/Heinser House, San Francisco, California, USA; Mockbee & Cocker (USA): House at Shiloh Falls, Tennessee, USA; Office for Metropolitan Architecture (Holland): House near Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; KNTA Architects (Singapore): Check House 2, Cluney Park, Singapore; Thom Craig (NZ): Black Box House, Christchurch, New Zealand; Chapter 3 Urban interaction: Herzog & de Meuron: Koechlin House, Basle, Switzerland; Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA (Jap): M House, Tokyo, Japan; Revathi Kamath (India): Nalin Tomar House, New Delhi, India; Williams & Tsien (USA): House in New York City, New York, USA; Koning Eizenberg (USA): Ozone House, Venice, CA; Donovan Hill (Aus): C House, Brisbane, Australia; Christophe Lab (Fr): Film House, Paris, France; MVRDV (Holland): Borneo Sporenburg 18 House, Amsterdam; Chapter 4 Splendid isolation, or the rural retreat: Patkau Architects (Canada): Barnes House, British Columbia, Canada; Mathias Klotz (Chile): Reutter House, Zapallar, Chile; Lacaton Vassal (Fr): House at Cap Ferret, Bordeaux, France; Will Bruder (USA): Byrne House, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; Future Systems (UK): House in Wales, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK; Scogin, Elam & Bray (USA): Nomentana Residence, Maine, USA; Chapter 5 Concept houses of the future: Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition, Japan, 1998, 'House of Poetic Space'; Daily Mail/Ideal Home 'Concept House' Competition, UK, 1999: Pierre d'Avoine Architects, Slim House; Time Magazine Visions 21: How We Will Live, USA, 2000: Wes Jones, House for the Suburbs, Bernard Tschumi, House for the City; Credits; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgements

About the Author

Clare Melhuish is an architectural critic and anthropologist working in the field of modern architecture and cultural identity. She is the author of the Phaidon monograph Odile Decq: Benoit Cornette (1996), and editor of Architecture and Anthropology (AD Profile 124, Academy Editions 1996). She has written extensively for the architectural press and other publications since the mid-1980s.

Reviews

"Love or loathe modern architecture, you can't deny this is an impressive book."—Self-Build "Due to the clarity and candour of the author's mind, you might call this volume hunky-dory, with its fine photographs and production values we expect to find from Phaidon... Melhuish's assiduous choice of material and her accompanying comments gave me hope what might happen in the next decade... Were I a young married parent toying with the idea of building a house, or especially an aspiring architecture student, I would hug anyone giving me this book for Christmas. It is so full of ideas about people as they happen to be, which is why I described Melhuish's choice as assiduous."—Architects' Journal "They should give out free spittoons with this book. After a few minutes gawping at the pictures in Modern House 2 you'll find a small pool of drool hanging from your lip. After a few minutes more you will have turned a fetching shade of green. If only we could all live in a modern house... See many definitive houses of the 90s... Feel free to daydream but try not to embarrass yourself."—Guardian "Well-illustrated and intelligently compiled... Modern House 2 is... excellent, both as a source book and as a broad brush survey of current architectural trends."—Royal Institute of British Architects "A highly enlightening book."—Frame, Netherlands