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The iconic house : architectural masterworks since 1900

By: Bradbury, Dominic
Title By: Powers, Richard, 1967- [Photographer]
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, c2018.Description: 375 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780500293942Subject(s): Architecture, Domestic -- Pictorial works -- 20th century | Architect-designed houses -- History -- 20th century | Architects -- Biography | ArchitectsDDC classification: 728.370904 BR IC
Summary:
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 careful understanding of clients' needs. Each, however, has 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, while 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.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection 		728.370904 BR IC (Browse shelf) Available July2019 T0062712
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First published in the United Kingdom in 2009 by Thames & Hudson Ltd.

Includes bibliography (pages 365-367) and index.

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 careful understanding of clients' needs. Each, however, has 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, while 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.

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