Homes For Our Time. Contemporary Houses around the World. 45th Ed.

by Philip Jodidio

Discover the world’s finest crop of new homes. This dependable global digest features such talents as Shigeru Ban, MVRDV, and Marcio Kogan alongside up-and-comers like Xu Fu-Min, Vo Trong Nghia, Desai Chia, and Shunri Nishizawa. Organized by architect and brimming with crisp photography and plans, the result is a sweeping survey of the contemporary house.

Genres: Architecture, Art, Design, Interior Design, Nonfiction

510 pages, Hardcover

Published June 18, 2020

Reviews

[mark monday · Rating 3 out of 5]

elite architecture porn; expensive cotton candy, for the eyes. some aroused, most left me cold. the vast majority of these so-called homes look completely unliveable, although they may function well as an eccentric murder site during an Airbnb weekend away or as a meeting place for an East Asian-Scandinavian conference on the synergy between futurism, brutalism, and negative space. or perhaps as modernist prisons with an emphasis on the benefits of natural light for the incarcerated dwelling in their forever-homes? so much concrete and so many transparent walls and a whole lot of stark, eerie hallways; God forbid most of these conference center-homes include anything as plebeian as a rug, let alone hanging kitchenware racks or space for a tv. seriously the last home on display is literally called "Corrugated Sheet House" and it is as ugly as it sounds. I pity the poor neighbors dealing with that eyesore.

still, despite the many challenges in finding houses within this book that I could actually imagine living in, I soldiered on and was eventually able to jerk off to this. 2.5 stars





spank bank:

Riparian House, Mumbai



Red House, New Zealand



Newberg Residence, Oregon



House in Chau Doc, Vietnam



House of Three Streams, Lonavla

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eye candy. So far out of reach that for me it doesn't even inspire creativity about how to decorate or remodel my home.

[Lucas · Rating 3 out of 5]

An homage to glass, steel, and concrete with natural materials like wood always called out for their 'reference to nature' or 'acknowledgement of the surrounding landscape'. Although there are a handful of spectacular designs here (and the photography throughout is wonderful), the majority of the houses feel both unattainable and unlived in, if not unlivable.

[Servabo · Rating 3 out of 5]

1) Hyunam (black cottage), Bugye-myeon, South Korea

2) Seaside House, Kanagawa, Japan