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Introduction --
J2 House, Zagreb, Croatia / 3LHD Architects --
House in Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain / Abalos & Herreros --
Deck house, Alto Rungue, Santiago, Chile / Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Architects --
Quelfes House, Olhão, Portugal / Ricardo Bak Gordon --
Maison E. Fukushima, Japan / Shigeru Ban --
Guarujá House, Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil ; CF House, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janiero, Brazil / Bernardes + Jacobsen Arquitetura --
Xeros residence, Phoenix, Arizona / Blank Studio --
Casa Kike, Cahuita, Costa Rica / Gianni Botsford Architects --
Feigin residence, Reno, Nevada / Will Bruder & Partners --
Shenandoah Retreat, Warren County, Virginia / Carter + Burton Architecture --
Copley residence, Accord, New York / Nancy Copley --
Casa no Gerês, Caniçada, Vieira do Minho, Portugal / Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos --
Holman House, Dover Heights, Sydney, NSW, Australia / Durbach Block Architects --
MON factory/house, Kyoto, Japan / Eastern Design Office --
Elemental Iquique, Iquique, Chile / Elemental/Alejandro Aravena --
Wall house, Santiago, Chile / Far Frohn&Rojas --
Eva Presenhuber House, Vná, Switzerland / Fuhrimann & Hächler --
Charred cedar house, Nagano City, Nagano, Japan / Terunobu Fujimori --
House O, Chiba, Japan / Sou Fujimoto Architects --
Hemeroscopium House, Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain / Antón García-Abril & Ensamble Studio --
Glenburn house, Glenburn, Victoria, Australia / Sean Godsell --
Suntro House, Oaxtepec, Mexico / Jorge Hernández de la Garza --
Cape Schanck house, Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia / Jackson Clements Burrows --
White house, Strand, Norway ; Triangle house, Nesodden, Norway / Jarmund/Vigsnæs --
Crowley house, Marfa, Texas / Carlos Jiménez --
Camouflage house, Green Lake, Wisconsin / Johnsen Schmaling Architects --
House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Jouin Manku --
G House, Yokohama, Japan / Kamayachi + Harigai --
SHELL, Karuizawa Kitasaku, Nagano, Japan / Kotaro Ide --
Loblolly House, Taylors Island, Maryland / Kierantimberlake --
Techos house, Nahuel Huapi Lake, Patagonia, Argentina ; 11 Mujeres House, Cachagua, Chile / Mathias Klotz --
Steel house, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan / Kengo Kuma --
CCO1 House, Ancram, New York / Leven Betts Studio --
Tattoo house, Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia / Andrew Maynard Architects --
Floating house, Lake Huron, Pointe du Baril, Ontario, Canada ; Winters Studio, Columbia County, New York, USA / MOS --
Sakura House, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan / Mount Fuji Architects Studio --
Zufferey House, Leytron, Switzerland / Nunatak --
Cube house, Sesto, Italy / Plasma Studio --
Logjam House, Rio Blanco, Colorado / Antoine Predock --
Roduit House, Chamoson, Switzerland / Laurent Savioz --
Silicon House, La Florida, Madrid, Spain / Selgascano --
Ravine guest house, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada / Shim-Sutcliffe --
House in Pego, Sintra, Portugal / Álvaro Siza Vieira --
O House, Lake Lucerne, Switzerland / Philippe Stuebi --
Outcrop house, Northern Beaches, Sydney, NSW, Australia / Peter Stutchbury --
Ring house, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan / TNA --
Stairway to Heaven, Utrecht, The Netherlands / ZECC --
Brick house 01 and 02, Gaochun, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China ; Concrete stilt house, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China / Zhang Lei --
Project X, Almere, The Netherlands / René van Zuuk –
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Credits --

There may be distinctions between a house and a home. The fact remains that the fundamental ideas of shelter, life and death are intertwined with the architecture of the commonplace in every dwelling, from cave to castle. This book leads the reader from Patagonia in Argentina to the cliffs of Dover Heights, Australia to see some remarkable houses.
"This book is about castles and caves. Though there may be distinctions between a house and a home, the fact remains that the fundamental ideas of shelter, life and death are intertwined with the architecture of the commonplace in every dwelling, from cave to castle. The house can be a measure of civilization, wealth or, indeed, intelligence; it is a barometer of existence. Depending on the architect and the client, a house can be at the very cutting edge of architecture, casting aside notions of the past in search of a new paradigm; it can accept the rules of urbanism while standing them on their head. It can float in the air or emerge from the depths of the earth. Where factors of cost may limit civic architecture to tried and trusted methods, some houses break all the rules, and help architecture to move forward. This book is not about decoration, nor is it a practical guide to building one's own house. It is, rather, a search that may lead the willing reader from Patagonia in Argentina to the cliffs of Dover Heights, Australia to see some of the most remarkable houses built in the past five years."