
Modern architecture is a story of movements styles & genres. But what of the work that remains defiantly unique refusing to submit to a label or genre? The New Modern House" is a comprehensive look at the emerging trend of architecture that favours substance over style combining functional design & sustainable processes with a straightforward honest aesthetic. " The New Modern House" features around 50 residential case studies from single family houses to self-builds eco-friendly structures recycled projects & creative re-uses. All are accompanied by full details models sketches & diagrams allowing a closer look at their conception & construction. At the heart of the book is the concept of a new authenticity & how an emerging anti-aesthetic approach demonstrates a logical evolution of modernist design. The book contains work from around the world including France Germany Spain Portugal Belgium Sweden Switzerland Japan Norway & more. The emphasis is on unselfconscious modest architecture projects that are at odds with contemporary obsessions with high concept design big names & brand identity. " The New Modern House" is an inspirational guide to this new architectural concept describing a diversity of new forms & new approaches to the modern house."