Experimental architecture

"This volume surveys houses that defy expectations and explode the notion of what constitutes "experimental" in residential architecture." "The buildings selected for this book have little in common - they come from different cities across the globe, they represent the work of different architects, often with vastly different outlooks, and they break the mold of what the notion of a "house" is. The only thing that unifies the twenty-nine projects depicted in this book is that each radically defies convention in some new way." "Each project is profiled with images of the completed construction, reproductions of the layouts and floorplans, and a description of how the design came to be. Some architects highlight the obstacles inherent in working with a particular site; others highlight the clients and their lifestyles as chief elements around which they designed the hosue. Each profile demonstrates what makes the project unique and what source provided the impetus or inspiration for designing the house in that particular way."--BOOK JACKET.