Across small cottages and lavish villas, beach houses and forest
refuges, discover the world's finest crop of new homes. This
cutting-edge global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban and
Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-coming names like Aires Mateus, Xu
Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunri Nishizawa. Here,
there are homes in Australia and New Zealand, from China and
Vietnam, in the United States and Mexico, and on to less expected
places like Ecuador and Costa Rica. The result is a sweeping survey
of the contemporary house and a revelation that homes across the
globe may have more in common than expected. Among guava trees and
abandoned forts in Western India is a sanctuary designed for and by
Kamal Malik of Malik Architecture. The House of Three Streams is a
sprawling spectacle with high ceilings, verandas, and pavilions,
perched atop a ridge overlooking two ravines. A medley of steel,
glass, wood, and stone, the house weaves along the contour of the
landscape, almost as an extension of the forest. Encina House by
Aranguren & Gallegos, an elegant, sloping structure reminiscent
of a gazebo, similarly inhabits its surrounding vista. Ensconced in
a pine forest north of Madrid, the lower level is embedded in rock
and connected to the upper by a natural stone wall. Shinichi
Ogawa's Seaside House is an immaculate two-story minimalist marvel
in Kanagawa that overlooks the Pacific. Its living area spills onto
a cantilevered terrace and infinity pool, almost dissolving into
the ocean as one seamless entity. In Vietnam, Shunri Nishizawa's
House in Chau Doc exudes tropical sophistication with exposed
timber beams, woven bamboo, plants, concrete panels, and inner
balconies and terraces. Its corrugated iron panels act as moveable
walls and shutters, ushering in views of surrounding rice fields.
These homes-along with more than 50 others-are each remarkably
distinct in design. They all, however, toe the line between inside
and outside, each one symbiotic with its surroundings. About the
series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural
archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
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