Houses Casas Hauser

Published by Loft Publications, 2005, hardcover, dustcover, 431 pages, 11 x 12.5 inches.  English, French, German

Lavishly illustrated with 100s of images.

The unique and notable work being done by contemporary architects is generously presented in this illustrated volume. Their designs can be understood as homes intended to be interpretations of life and the environment. Each of the forty examples included in Houses is represented by a wide array of perspectives and details of the houses, apartments and lofts while exterior photographs and window views link them to the colors and forms of the surrounding landscapes.

Penthouses, apartments, lofts--this book's excellent photographs offer unique insights into more than 40 quite different examples of residential architecture from around the world

An elegant apartment high above the roofs of New York, a Swiss wooden chalet with a fantastic view of the Lago Maggiore, the outlandish loft dwelling in Vienna or the cool L-shaped residential house architecture in Yokohama:  all the residential properties depicted and described have been designed by internationally renowned architects and designers whose biographies are presented alongside their visions and creative concepts.  

Condition:  Very good with mild ruffling at upper edge of jacket.  Interior near fine.  

Shipping:  Buyer pays $7.50 media mail or $13.95 priority in the U.S.  This is a heavy book weighing almost 8 pounds packaged.