Houses for the 21st Century

by London, Geoffrey

• ISBN13: 9780794601997
• ISBN10: 0794601995
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Periplus Editions

Summary

Of all architectural forms, houses are the most culturally sensitive to their times, so what could we expect to see in a '21st Century House'? "...houses for the 21st Century are no longer bewitched by the utopian possibilities of advanced technology. Any universal utopianism seems unlikely in these more knowing, less optimistic times -- the houses demonstrate a response to what is known and tangible. There is a strong interest in the tactile -- the quality, texture and presence of materiality rather than immateriality. There is a preference for substance, rather than absence... the materials are local, with several instances of inventive recycling... and the houses offer carefully considered critiques of what has preceded them, in political, cultural and architectural terms. They are deeply connected with their sites and with their location, and respond directly to local climate and to social conventions. They are not abstract objects that could be found in any other city in the world. In the face of growing globalization, it is to their specificity that they lay claim."

Author Biography

Geoffrey London is Professor of Architecture at The University of Western Australia School of Architecture and Fine Arts Anoma Pieris has degrees from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has practiced as an architect in Sri Lanka and in Singapore Paul Walker is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne. He has BArch (hons) and a PhD from the University of Auckland Justine Clark is editor of Architecture Australia magazine. She has a BArch (hons) from the University of Auckland and a MArch (dist) from Victoria University of Wellington Amanda Achmadi graduated as Bachelor of Architecture from Parahyangan University, Bandung, Indonesia. She has practised as an architect in Jakarta and Bali Pirak Anurakyawachon is a contributing editor to art4d magazine. He studied architecture at Silpakorn University, Bangkok and has practised as an architect in Europe and the USA Philip Goad is Professor of Architecture and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne Patrick Bingham-Hall is a Sydney based architectural photographer. He is the editor of Pesaro Publishing

Table of Contents

The 21st Century House	p. 8
Outside the Tropical House	p. 18
Indonesia: The Emergence of a New Architectural Consciousness of the Urban Middle Class	p. 28
Recent Thai Houses: Diversity without Integration	p. 36
Beyond the Vernacular House	p. 42
An Ongoing Preoccupation: Australia and the Small House	p. 54
Making a Difference: New Zealand Houses at the Beginning of the 21st Century	p. 60
A Concise History of Future Houses: On the 'Other' side of the World	p. 68
Karn Boontarik: Lubid Studio Bangkok	p. 74
Stutchbury and Pape: Harbour House Newcastle	p. 78
ADI Purnomo: Urban House Jakarta	p. 82
Architecture Workshop: Oriental Bay House Wellington	p. 86
SCDA Architects: Andrew Road House Singapore	p. 90
Seksan Design: Tempinis House Kuala Lumpur	p. 94
Donovan Hill: D House Brisbane	p. 98
Ahmad Djuhara: Steel House Jakarta	p. 102
Shyamika Silva: Nalin Indrasena House Colombo	p. 106
Anupama Kundoo: Anupama Kundoo House Auroville	p. 110
Cy Kuan: Hardy House Bali	p. 114
Fearon Hay: Rawhiti House Bay of Islands	p. 118
Ngiom Partnership: Pat's House Selangor	p. 122
Tinakorn Rujinarong: Rujinarong's House Bangkok	p. 126
Tan Kok Meng + Ling Hao: Villa O Singapore	p. 130
Blacket Smith: Victoria Park House Perth	p. 134
Kevin Low: Kevin Low House Kuala Lumpur	p. 138
Vijitha Basnayaka: Maulie De Saram House Colombo	p. 142
Clinton Murray: Overcliffe Sydney	p. 146
Chau Sau Yan Associates: Tupai House Singapore	p. 150
Donovan Hill: N House Brisbane	p. 154
Boonlert Hemvijitraphran: Vit Vattanayothin's House Bangkok	p. 158
Mitchell and Stout: Waitamariki House Bay of Islands	p. 162
Sean Godsell: Peninsula House Mornington Peninsula	p. 168
Hiranti Welandawe: Manel Nivasa House Colombo	p. 172
Dominic Dube: Inge's House Auroville	p. 176
Daniel Sandjaja: Coba House Denpasar	p. 180
Jane Wetherall and Geoffrey Warn: Glick House Perth	p. 184
Architecture Workshop: Wakefield Street Apartments Wellington	p. 188
Pornchai Boonsom: MnG House Bangkok	p. 192
Peter Skinner and Elizabeth Watson-Brown: St Lucia House Brisbane	p. 196
Woha Architects: Hua Guan House Singapore	p. 200
Adi Purnomo: Ciganjur House Jakarta	p. 204
Kerstin Thompson: House at Lake Conneware Leopold	p. 208
Seksan Design: Sekeping Serendah House Serendah	p. 212
Cy Kuan: Courtyard House Bali	p. 216
Index	p. 220
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