In a climate with dramatic shifts in temperature and light, the homes of
Nordic countries respond to ever-changing and breathtaking environments
with an intrinsic sense of warmth. Nordic architects today are as much
informed by vernacular traditions and natural materials as their
forebears, but the most recent generation of practitioners reflects a
new appetite for spatial exploration and changing lifestyles.
Divided into four chapters--rural cabins, coastal retreats, town houses,
and country homes--New Nordic Houses surveys Scandinavia's finest and
most innovative houses, featuring work by a broad spectrum of leading
architects. Structured by terrain to show the full diversity of the
landscape and its architectural challenges, this book reveals living
spaces that are at once universal and distinctly Nordic. From country
houses complete with traditional Nordic fireplaces, saunas, window
seats, and verandas, to remote cabin hideaways and artist's studios,
there are details and grand ideas that can be applied to residential
design anywhere.
This unique glimpse inside Scandinavia's new generation of
twenty-first-century homes will be an endlessly rich resource for anyone
with a passion for home and modern design.
