When it comes to building and designing a home, almost anything is possible these days. Filled cover to cover with diverse contemporary houses-from expansive mansions to summer cottages, from ultramodern spaces to environmentally friendly "green" homes15o Best New House Ideos is a comprehensive handbook showcasing the best new ideas in home design.

Featuring an extensive collection of beautiful full-color photographs, this new volume in the 15o Best series provides an in-depth review of exemplary house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical, innovative, and stunning solutions adapted to the specific needs and tastes of their clients.

Twenty-first century house design has come a tong way since our forefathers' first attempts at putting a roof over their heads. Today and tomorrow's designs are a far cry from the adobe structures of ancient tribes and house trends have evolved over the centuries as new materials and technologies reshape the way we build. Styles vary from country to country and person to person as each culture and individual has different needs and possibilities. 150 Best New House Ideas complements the first volume in this series and presents a variety of home designs from around the world.

Despite the shortage of space and the unaffordable housing prices, urbanites the world over are determined to set up home in some of the world's largest metropolises and to sacrifice space over location, creating the architect's ultimate challenge. Chapter one will lend some ideas on how to build a comfortable home in the city in spite of site constraints. Other site difficulties such as unusual siopes, hilts, floodplains, a harsh surrounding landscape, or a difficult-to-reach plot are the focus of the second chapter, with examples in the United States and further afield in Switzerland, Japan, Argentina and Australia.

As in other areas, increased sensitivity to the environment has also reached contemporary home design and is possibly one of this field's most important current trends. Chapter three offers more than twenty tips to help build an ecologically sound home, whether completely or partially. If you are looking to extend or remodel your current home, turn to chapter four for some examples. Meanwhile, seemingly impossible odd requests, unusual site constraints or budget limitations all find their unique solution in chapter five, for example, how to incorporate changing lifestyles in living spaces, or comply with view restrictions, without compromising the inhabitant's comfort. And, finally, to add a touch of the spectacular to your home, or help create a fabulous dwelling of your own, turn to page 508.

INTRODUCTION

URBAN

Sliver House

House SH

Pachter Studio

Vertical House

Threefold House

House in Nakameguro

Reflection of Mineral

Alonso-Marmelstein House

House in Barcelona

LANDSCAPE & TOPOGRAPHY

New House in Brione

White Cave

Concrete House

Gradman House

Goulet House

Villa Z

Delta Shelter

Eastern Beach House

Villa Tjuvkil

Villa Berkel

SUSTAINABILITY

Nelly Residence

Alisal Residence

Box Home

House Wesolowski

Mountain Retreat

Kropach Catlow Farmhouse

Modewarre House

Gully House

Essex Street House

Cape Schank House

Lovely Ladies Weekender

EXTENSIONS, REMODELS, RENOVATIONS

On Top

Trichterweiterung/Funnel Extension

Hampstead Coach House Extension

Alley Retreat

Canyon Residence

Orr House

Residence Glaeser

Mafra House

ORIGINAL

Streeter House

T-Stomach

House in Shimogamo

Ecker Abu Zahra Honeyhouse

Villa Room

Floating Cube

Suitcase House

Glass Box

O House

St. Kilda House

Tattoo House

Maison A

O-House

Wedge House

SPECTACULAR

Villa NM

Casa Nuria Amat

Holmes House

Villa Soravia

Contemporary Villa

White Base

Residence Klosterneuburg

Necklace House

DIRECTORY