Outlandish forms and extravagant materials fill many an architecture tome, but The New Modern House documents a refreshing backlash to the tide of style over substance. Looking at 50 residential projects from across the world, it explores the rise of an approach that combines functional design and sustainable processes with a straightforward, honest aesthetic.
Sober as this 'New Functionalism' may sound, it gives rise to radically varying structures - from the blocky, agricultural-like appearance of the corrugated 'Permanent Camping' house by Casey Brown Architecture in Australia to the sculptural, but eminently practical, gabion, pitched-roof façade of '9X9 House' in suburban Germany by Titus Bernhard Architekten.
We'll admit a touch of bias, given that it was penned by Wallpaper's very own architecture team, Jonathan Bell and Ellie Stathaki, but the self-assured and practical beauty documented in The New Modern House is far more interesting to behold than the architectural swagger with which we're so often presented.
’Permanent Camping’ by Casey Brown Architecture in Australia
’Grimeton Nature Reserve Building’ by Strata Arkitektur in Sweden
’Casa Tóló’ by Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira in Portugal
’Element House’ by Rintala Eggertsson Architects in South Korea
’Casa Fosc’ by Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects in Chile
’Casa No Gerês’ by Correia Ragazzi Arquitectos in Portugal
’XS, S, M, L Houses’ by UNI Architects in the USA
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Reciprocal House offers an unusual case of a London extensionReciprocal House by Gianni Botsford replaces a north London Victorian structure, preserving its early Norman Foster extension and bringing the whole to the 21st century
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Utilitarian men’s fashion that will elevate your everydayFrom Prada to Margaret Howell, utilitarian and workwear-inspired men’s fashion gets an upgrade for S/S 2024
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Gerhard Richter unveils new sculpture at Serpentine SouthGerhard Richter revisits themes of pattern and repetition in ‘Strip-Tower’ at London’s Serpentine South
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Marcio Kogan’s Studio MK27 celebrated in this new monograph from Rizzoli‘The Architecture of Studio MK27. Lights, camera, action’ is a richly illustrated journey through the evolution of this famed Brazilian architecture studio
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‘Interior sculptor’ Christophe Gevers’ oeuvre is celebrated in new book‘Christophe Gevers’ is a sleek monograph dedicated to the Belgian's life work as an interior architect, designer, sculptor and inventor, with unseen photography by Jean-Pierre Gabriel
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Flick through ‘Brutal Wales’, a book celebrating concrete architecture‘Brutal Wales’ book zooms into a selection of concrete Welsh architecture treasures through the lens of photographer Simon Phipps
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Architecture books to inspire shelf loveHere at Wallpaper*, we’ve got architecture books piling up; among them, these are the photographic tomes, architects’ monographs and limited editions that we couldn’t resist
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Pioneering modernist Henry Kulka's life and career tracked in limited-edition monographCzech-New Zealand architect Henry Kulka, a man who spread modernist ideals half way around the world, is celebrated in Giles Reid and Mary Gaudin’s richly illustrated monograph
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Nordic architecture explored in Share, a book about contemporary buildingDiscussions about Nordic architecture and contemporary practice meet in a new book by Artifice, Share: Conversations about Contemporary Architecture – The Nordic Countries
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London Feeds Itself: we are hungry for Open City's book on food and architectureLondon Feeds Itself, a new book by Open City, is a scrumptious offering that connects food culture and architecture
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The Sustainable City chronicles London’s eco design innovationUrban areas provide the best environment for ultra-low-impact living; that's the premise of Harriet Thorpe’s new book, The Sustainable City, which brings together the architecture that's shaping London’s quiet green revolution
