DAGUERRE, MERCEDES
This new Electa series focuses on domestic space and the different modes ofesidential life that are beginning to emerge in the twenty-first century.he twenty houses in this book represent a cross-section of the mostnnovative residential design completed worldwide over the past ten years byome of the most talked-about architects working today. Included areelebrated architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Steven Holl, and Richard Meier,s well as emerging talents such as fABRica de Arquitectura in Mexico andraham Phillips in England. Houses are located in widely diverse areas --rom the heart of Manhattan to the seaside in Greece, and from the Spanishountryside to the suburbs of London. Beginning where Modernism left off,hese architects are using the private house as a laboratory to explore newssues in domestic living. The book begins with an introduction thatiscusses the profound changes that are now taking place in the institutionf the family, in its makeup, in the rhythms of its daily life and in theorms of its leisure and work.;Each house is showcased on 12 pages that open
