The Iconic House features over 100 of the most important and influential houses designed and built since 1900. International in scope and wide-ranging in style, the houses share a remarkable sensitivity to site and context, an appreciation of local materials and building traditions, and a careful understanding of clients’ needs.
This compact volume features over 100 of the most spectacular interiors from acrossthe world, spanning the entire 20th century to the present day. It includes interiorsassembled by artists and fashion designers, architects, interior and set-designers,bringing together diverse design talents from Piero Fornasetti to Alvar Aalto, MarcNewson and Matthew Williamson. Twenty short profiles are presented in theintroduction, with a single iconic photograph and a concise, informative text; theinteriors are arranged by chronological order, with superb colour photography andtexts recounting the stories of these remarkable designs.
