Nine stunningly singular projects by renowned architect John Ike
A signature shingled house in a New York suburb, a renovated mid-century
modern house in San Diego, a glass-and-brick house near Seattle, a beach
house on the Atlantic coast, a reimagined historic building in Brooklin,
Maine--the projects featured in this book vary widely in style,
location, and materials, but all share a common sensibility. For John
Ike, a founding partner of the award-winning firm Ike Kligerman Barkley,
they are all vehicles illustrating the myriad ways architecture is
created. His involvement in them ranges from mentor to principal
architect and designer, but all are collaborations, and in each chapter
he focuses attention on a person who was particularly instrumental in
realizing the project, whether the interior designer, the landscape
architect, the contractor, a craftsperson, or the client. With an
authoritative text by seasoned architecture and design writer Mitchell
Owens and specially commissioned photography, John Ike: 9 Houses/9
Stories explores and celebrates the inextricable bond between the
architect and those who implement his vision, a give-and-take that
results in singularly designed residences.
