202 Outstanding House Ideas

by Bridget Vranckx, Francesc Zamora Mola

202 Outstanding House Ideas is packed with 600 pages of ideas for the dream house. For practicing professionals and homeowners this is a reference to successful designs chock full of ideas, analyses and successful applications from around the world.

More than 750 outstanding interior and exterior color photographs, floor plans, elevations, renderings, and building sections showcase house exteriors and interiors constructed and finished with a great range of traditional and innovative materials, and set in a variety of climates and landscape settings.

The houses are selections from a pool of the world's most interesting residential architecture. They include:


House of Joyce and Jeroen, The Hague, the Netherlands Annandale House, Sydney, Australia Harris Residence, Washington, D.C. Hidden House, London, UK Stacked House, Montreal, Canada Townhouse, Landskrona, Sweden House in Rimini, Rimini, Italy Cloitre, Brussels, Belgium Jarego House, Cartaxo, Portugal.
These houses are stimulating examples of what innovation can produce. Each house is presented over several double-page spreads that reveal the challenges of the site, the occupants' needs and the final design. Captions describe features and materials. A directory of architects and designers makes this a real-life resource.

202 Outstanding House Ideas is a comprehensive resource selection for homeowners, architects, builders, and interior designers looking for leading edge results.

Genres: Architecture

600 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[David Skies · Rating 1 out of 5]

It is widely rumored that, one fell night, whilst caught in the sweaty grip of a frantic fever dream, a young H.P. Lovecraft glimpsed an unspeakable creeping horror lying in uneasy sleep in the stygian darkness which lies beyond the stars. A thing so stark and terrible to behold that to catch sight of it in the broad, revealing light of day would be to drive men mad. And thus, when Lovecraft rose from his troubled dreams, the Cthulhu mythos was born.
So at least SOMETHING good came from the rise of modern architecture.

[Tori · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn't the best architecture/house idea book that I've seen on the shelves. I certainly would not pay the suggested retail price. This book seemed slightly under budget with some of the pictures and left me wanting more to read and see for each home. May have been better to make 2 different books and spread out more of the ideas. I was really unsatisfied with this book.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was very interesting to see how houses are being made all over the world but also with specific plans of resources and living plan. I read it with the intent of getting ideas for our own house. There are some really amazing designs but also a lot with a ton of creativity put into them.

[Mitch Donaberger]

total impulse thing. so many cool ideas.

[Marty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ultra modern homes from all over the world, none of which appeal nor seem all that passive solar designed.

[Trisha Roberson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Picture book of houses.