"Effortless" and "inevitable" are architect Steven Harris's two favorite words. With sensitivity to the surrounding landscape, Steven Harris Architects designs spaces that are custom-tailored to their clients' daily lives and experiences. His dining rooms are not aggrandizements of tradition, they are places to eat, to gather, or even work; his entry halls are not the primary places of arrival, but rather the final segments of a long trajectory that begins when the resident turns off the main road or exits the elevator. True Life, the firm's first monograph, showcases an exceptional range of residential work from the past twenty-five years. Organized by the activities that propel their designs dine, lounge, study, play, sleep, and so on it focuses on people rather than objects.

A True Life Story

A.M. Homes

Introduction

Steven Harris

Climb

Clean

Enter

Lounge

Cook

Sleep

Swim

Study

Play

Dine

Cultivate

Warm

Drive

Project Index

Acknowledgments

Employees of Steven Harris Architects

Photography Credits