Elemental Living: Contemporary Houses in Nature

Elemental Living: Contemporary Houses in Nature

by Phaidon Editors (Author)

Elemental Living presents 60 works of architecture from across the 20th and 21st centuries that have a special relationship with the natural world.

The book includes a visually breathtaking selection of architect-created houses that have been designed to create unparalleled views of a wide variety of natural landscapes; designed to be almost indistinguishable from the natural landscape; or designed using materials and forms found in the natural landscape. Each house demonstrates a deep concern with the creation of unique living spaces that connect their inhabitants with the forests, mountains, lakes, deserts, and oceans that have attracted humanity for millennia.