This book illustrates trends in contemporary living on the basis of around twenty projects carried out by leading architects and interior designers.
The reports demonstrate that contemporary living nowadays calls for more than the harmonious integration of the latest designer furniture in a modern context.
Whether it is a new building or a renovation project, all of these clients, architects and interior specialists have worked to create a fascinating mix of volumes and perspective, of light and atmosphere, of materials, texture, shapes and colours.
These are not purely cerebral architectural bravura pieces, but homes whose owners take great pleasure every day in the space that has been created.
There are many different examples of this kind of contemporary living: the modern atmosphere of a country estate with roots in the Seventeenth Century; the extraordinary metamorphosis of a distinctive long-fronted farmhouse; the serene, pure shapes of a modern home; the minimalist power of a glass-and-brick residential block; the perfect dimensions and colour harmony of some recently completed fiats and apartments.
Foreword
PART I: CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC
The metamorphosis of's Gravenhof
A modern renovation with a loft atmosphere
Coordination from A to Z
Professional design and colour advice
Contemporary designs for heat sources
Radical renovation of a contemporary city home
Neat, discreet, timeless
PART II: CONTEMPORARY LIVING IN THE CITY
Light, space, vision
Aiming for the essence
A perfect mix of contemporary and classic design
Coming home to modern art
Sober refinement in a contemporary penthouse
PART III: CONTEMPORARY LIVING OUTSIDE THE CITY
A symbiosis of contrasts
Openness and transparency
The contemporary transformation of an old farmhouse
A new transparency
The contemporary appearance of an old parsonage
Contemporary living in contact with nature
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