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House by Aleksandra Machowiak and David Mizielinski

Have you ever seen a house without walls? Is it possible to pack a house into a suitcase? Can a house behave like a turtle? What kind of house can homeless people have? Would you prefer to live in a moon, a nut or a sewerage pipe? House shows that architecture is amazing and that the space where we live doesn’t need to be a dull cube.

House is a funky and fascinating book about contemporary architecture for children. It shows that while form is dictated in part by the needs of the inhabitants and by location, it can also be distinctive and sometimes very surprising.

House contains witty, richly coloured drawings and concise, accessible descriptions of 35 extraordinary houses designed by the most prominent architects in the world. This book is of interest to anyone over eight and shows houses from around the world. It explains the concepts and inspiration for each building, also the material used and ecological options. The book is easy to use, with helpful icons making it easy to see when a house was built, the material used and what it contains at a glance. It is a great introduction into the more avant garde forms of architecture and to architecture as art forms.

RRP $39.99
Published by Gecko Press
 

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