White Houses

Devoted to all-white houses this book celebrates the ever- popular Ónon-colorÓ as a perfect backdrop for contemporary lifestylesSometimes seen as an absence of color white in fact reflects the purity of the entire spectrum. In the history of design white houses often embody the bright clean clarity associated with twentieth-century giants Le Corbusier Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Richard Meier.White Houses presents the most striking innovative and unusual white houses by contemporary architects spanning the globe from Asia to the Americas. The featured houses represent every scale and a wide range of locations and terrains from seaside retreats to space-saving urban homes and grand country residences. From radical new takes on traditional building forms in Latin America to state-of-the-art urban projects in Europe and Japan each house employs the apparent simplicity of white to reflect light and accent materiality pressing the frontiers of form to the point of abstraction. No longer an anonymous box the contemporary white house is the embodiment of the architectural archetype reinterpreted and refreshed. 260 illustrations

Hardcover: 288 pages

Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 1 edition (September 17 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0500519838

ISBN-13: 978-0500519837

Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 1.2 x 10.4 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds