Book "Homes of our time" - Taschen

Among the new releases from Taschen, I recommend "Homes for our time". This book offers a global panorama of the most beautiful avant-garde projects by renowned talents such as Shigeru Ban and Marcio Kogan, as well as promising architects including Aires Mateus, Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia and Shunri Nishizawa.

Whether modest cottages or sumptuous villas, or beach houses, discover through this book the finest examples of contemporary housing worldwide across diverse destinations Australia, New Zealand, China, United States, Mexico and many other countries. All these countries share a passion for architecture and design.

This book is a concentrate of discoveries, visuals and architectural knowledge. After browsing through it, it will be a perfect design decorative object in your bookcase, console or on a coffee table.

About the author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University and was editor-in-chief of Connaissance des Arts magazine for over twenty years. At TASCHEN, his publications include the Architecture Now! series as well as monographs on Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Richard Meier and Zaha Hadid. Some of his works are also available at The Cool Republic.