The Contemporary Guesthouse: Building in the Garden

by Sirefman, Susanna

• ISBN13: 9781931536349
• ISBN10: 1931536341
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-25
• Publisher: Edizioni Pr

Summary

The recent trend of building a guesthouse or guest cottage on one's property offers the perfect solution to the houseguest dichotomy. After all, everyone enjoys entertaining visitors yet sharing one's own space with houseguests can be rather trying. The erection of a new self-contained building - designed just for company - accommodates everyone while maintaining privacy. Many of these innovative contemporary guesthouses are architectural gems. The small scale, limited program, and intimate nature of the guesthouse offers a rich testing ground for the architect and client. In particular, issues of domestic privacy and proximity offer a design challenge.
This book illustrates and critically describes contemporary private guesthouses from around the globe. Included projects - chosen from an international roster of contemporary architects - are presented within the context of the architect/client design process, so that the role the existing house, the guesthouse program, and the site play in the creation of the work are clear.

Table of Contents

By invitation only
In the countryside
Lake/Flato Architects: Pine Ridge Residence: Brushy Creek, TX	p. 16
Labics: Podere 43: Albinia, Grosseto, Italy	p. 22
Archi-Tectonics: Gypsy Trail Guest House: Upstate New York	p. 32
Weinstein AIU: River Residence: Skagit County, WA	p. 36
Engelen Moore: Hay Barn: Mittagong, Australia	p. 42
Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects: Mountain Tree House: Dillard, GA	p. 48
Shubin + Donaldson Architects: Carpinteria Guest House: Carpinteria, CA	p. 56
Innovarchi: Gold Coast House: Bonogin, Queensland, Australia	p. 60
In town
John Ronan Architect: Perry Coach House: Chicago, IL	p. 68
Anderson Architects: Rooftop Night-Light: New York, NY	p. 74
Lubowicki-Lanier Architecture: O'Neill Guesthouse: West Los Angeles, CA	p. 78
Elphick Proome Architects: Elphick Studio: Durban, South Africa	p. 84
Marmol Radziner and Associates: Guttentag Studio: Santa Monica, CA	p. 92
Gary Marinko Architects: Poll House: Perth, Western Australia, Australia	p. 98
Elliott + Associates Architects: North Guest Apartment: Oklahoma City, OK	p. 110
Weinstein AIU: Solbeck Residence: Seattle, WA	p. 116
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Ravine Guesthouse and Reflecting Pool: Toronto, Ontario, Canada	p. 120
Daly Genik Architects: Valley Center House: Valley Center, CA	p. 128
At play
Andersson-Wise Architects: Martin Boathouse & Bridge: Austin, TX	p. 138
Eggleston Farkas Architects: Methow Cabin: Winthrop, WA	p. 148
Toshiko Mori Architect: Compound on the Gulf of Mexicol: Casey Key, FL	p. 156
Stamberg Aferiat Architecture: Ranieri Guesthouse: Eastern Long Island, NY	p. 166
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Muskoka Boathouse: Port William, Ontario, Canada	p. 172
Austin Patterson Disston Architects: Greenwich Playhouse: Greenwich, CT	p. 180
Thomas Phifer and Partners: Pavilion: Long Island, NY	p. 186
Salmela Architect: Emerson Sauna: Duluth, MN	p. 190
Marmol Radziner and Associates: Harris Pool House: Palm Springs, CA	p. 196
In private
archi media - Fiona Meadow + Frederic Nantois: Maison du Divorce: La Chapelle sur Dun, France	p. 204
Atelier Hitoshi Abe: Yomiuri Media Miyagi Guest House: Zao, Miyagi, Japan	p. 212
Lake/Flato Architects: Residence for Art: Dallas, TX	p. 218
Satoshi Okada Architects: House on Mount Fuji: Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan	p. 226
Bercy Chen Studio: Bercy Residence: Austin, TX	p. 234
Shigeru Ban Architects: Picture Window House: Izu, Shiizuoka, Japan	p. 240
Credits	p. 246
Acknowledgments	p. 248
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