150 Best House Ideas aims to provide the average house owner with an inspirational handbook of ideas exemplified by some of the most recently completed single-family homes around the world. Some projects involve a more complex intervention, while others employ simple techniques that result in highly efficient and esthetic designs. Still others explore the numerous possibilities of building green in order to reduce the intake of energy and respect the surrounding environment...

The world of architecture and interior design is constantly growing and continuously generates a broad array of groundbreaking and innovative designs. These designs are becoming increasingly accessible to the general public, rather than being exclusively reserved to closed architectural circles. This is especially true when it comes to residential design, where people looking to build their own houses or update their existing ones can find an endless source of inspiration in the houses being designed today by contemporary architects.

150 Best House Ideas aims to provide the average house owner with an inspirational handbook of ideas exemplified by some of the most recently completed single-family homes around the world. Some projects involve a more complex intervention, while others employ simple techniques that result in highly efficient and esthetic designs. Still others explore the numerous possibilities of building green in order to reduce the intake of energy and respect the surrounding environment. Regardless of the scale or scope of the projects presented, homeowners can pick and choose ideas according to their own tastes and adapt them to their individual budgets to create a personalized design. Classified according to the different environments in which single-family homes may be situated, this book offers an extensive collection of contemporary houses designed by renowned architects that provide the architect, homeowner, or avid reader with a wealth of ideas for maximizing the potential of a new residence and making the most of its location.

INTRODUCTION

CITY & SUBURBAN

Kippara Road House · CSA Architects

Collingwood House · Multiplicity

Belmont Street Residence · David Boyle

Charles Street House·Six Degrees

Slice House · Proctor:Rihl

Haven Mews · Buckley Gray Yeoman

Las Encinas Residence · Vicens + Ramos

Du Plessis House ·Marcio Kogan

Durgerdam · Moriko Kira

Strathmore Residence · BBP Architects

Double-L · Noriyuki Tajima/tele-design

Fung House · Fung + Blatt Architects

C-House · Toshimitsu Kuno, Nobuki Nomura/tele-design

City Hill House · John Wardle Architects

Garna-lssa House · Marcio Kogan

Terrace House · Cullen Feng

G + S House · Gatermann + Schossig

CIontarf · Molnar Freeman Architects

Silverstrand Villa · Original Vision

Teng House · SCDA Architects

Sylvanus House · bere:architects

May Residence · Jonathan Levi Architects

House in Oranjezicht · Van der Merwe Miszewski Architects

Trafalgar Street House · Luigi Rosselli

Asencio House · Alberto Campo Baeza

Shine Residence · Koning Eizenberg

222 Residence · Elliot + Associates

TOWN

Two Houses in Plentzia · AV62 Arquitectos

Telluride House · John Pawson

Castor Packard House · Callas Shortridge Architects

House in Honda · Guillermo Arias + Luis Cuartas

Alella Bach House · Joan Bach

House in Wurzburg · Bernhard Heid Architekten

House in Alenquer · Aires Mateus

Bohler-Tembl House · ArchitekturBuro, Christian Lenz

House in Ibaraki · SUWA

House in Yakeyama · Suppose Design Office

Laminata House · Kruunenberg Van der Erve Architecten

House in Cabrera de Mar · Ramon Pinto

Panthofer House · Doring Dahmen Joeressen

Pixel House · Slade Architecture

Solar Tube House · Driendl* Architects

WATERFRONT

Cliff House · Waiters & Cohen

4 x 4 House · Tadao Ando

Equis House · Barclay & Crousse

Dunbar Residence · Nick Milkovich and Arthur Erickson

Dune House · Lynne Breslin Architects

Beach House · Christoff:Finio Architecture

Cardy Net Factory · Mike Rolland

House on Fire Island · Bromley Caldari Architects

Gledhill House · Tanner Architects

Chicken Point Cabin · Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects

Cascades Lake House · Eric Cobb Architects

Casa Larga · Daniele Claudio Taddei

House on a Lake · Eichinger oder Kneehtl

Holiday House · 24 H Architecture

COUNTRYSIDE

Tucson Mountain House. Rick Joy

Crowley Residence · Carlos Jimenez Studio

Emery Residence · Denton Corker Marshall

Moby Dick House · Nurmela-Raimoranta-Tasa

Trickey Residence · Craig Steely

Steely Residence · Craig Steely

Slope.House Hintersdorf · lichtblau.wagner architekten

Agosta House · Patkau Architects

Sloping North House · Sambuichi Architects

Two Houses in Ponte de Lima · Eduardo Souto de Moura

House in Miravalle · Wood + Zapata

Concrete House · Barrionuevo-Sierchuk Arquitectas

House in Petaluma · Legorreta + Legorreta

Villa Deys · Achitectenbureau Paul de Ruiter

Casa O · Fabrizio Leoni Architettura

Big Rock Residence · Edward Szewczyk + Associates

Kurrajong House · C+C Design Construct

Cerdanya Sauque House · Fatima Vilaseca

House in Hakuba · Satoshi Kuwahara

House in Tateshima · Ken Yokogawa

House in Cote d’Azur · KallosTurin

Raman House · Claesson Koivisto Rune Arkitektkontor