The new modern house - Jonathan Bell

Modern architecture is a story of movements, styles and genres. But what of the work that remains defiantly unique, refusing to submit to a label? The New Modern House is a comprehensive look at the emerging trend of architecture that favours substance over style, combining functional design and sustainable processes with a straightforward, honest aesthetic. The book features around 50 projects, from single family houses to self-builds, eco-friendly structures, recycled projects and creative re-uses. All are accompanied by full details, models, sketches and diagrams, allowing a closer look at their conception and construction. The emphasis is on unselfconscious, modest architecture - projects that are at odds with contemporary obsessions with high concept design, big names and brand identity.The New Modern House is an inspirational guide to this new architectural concept, describing a diversity of new forms and approaches to the modern house.