Archilab's Futurehouse: Radical Experiments in Living Space Book

Digital technology and the Internet may have changed our lifestyles over the last decade, but so far they have had very little impact on our dwellings. Advanced residential design has tended to concentrate on "embedded technologies"—using technology for existing needs—rather than on the more fundamental issues of how we make use of domestic environments in an age when more of us work at home, travel extensively, and have access to huge amounts of information, goods, and services. Looking to the most innovative talents from around the world, ArchiLab's FutureHouse presents ninety private community housing projects that challenge accepted norms and offer ingenious solutions to meet the widely changing needs and desires of today's society. Against the background of globalization and urbanization, these designers confront issues such as how to individualize collective housing, radically reimagining how we could live. Essays by international critics such as Frédéric Migayrou (France), Bart Lootsma (Netherlands), Andreas Ruby (Germany), Manuel Gausa (Spain), Kyong Park (USA), and Christian Girard (France) complement the work of avant-garde and experimental architects and address a rich spectrum of local and international issues and conditions. 600 color illustrations and photographs.Read More