H.O.U.S.E.: Homes That Are Outrageous, Unbelievable, Spectacular, and Extraordinary: 35 Designs for Fantastic Living

A brightly colored, beautifully illustrated guide to the world's most astounding homes—as well as their audacious owners and the radical architects who created them. An illustrated treat that’s equally captivating for its quirky, cartoonish design as for the bizarre and wonderful architecture it illuminates, H.O.U.S.E. immediately stands out from other architecture books, appealing to curious minds, inspiration-seeking artists, and parents looking to creatively engage their children. An international award-winner from the famous polish design studio, Hipopotam, H.O.U.S.E. is a window into a more vibrant, surprising, and delightful world—one where the imagination can become as real as the place you call home.
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Recipe for a house

Ingredients

One or more famous architects
One empty plot of land
A handful of fresh ideasThree to four piles of money

Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, Shake well and set aside for approximately five months. Serve with residents.

H.O.U.S.E., an acronym for Homes that are Outrageous, Unbelievable, Spectacular and Extraordinary, is a delightfully illustrated, brightly colored guide to the world's thirty-five most astounding homes.

Inside you'll find houses like Kengo Kuma's Inflatable House, Ken Shuttleworth's Moon House and Krzysztof Wodiczko's ingenious House for the Homeless. H.O.U.S.E. reveals the layouts of these houses, the radical architects who created them and the audacious homeowners who live in them.

This amazing collection defies all conventional beliefs on what a house is and what it should be, and raises the question: If these fantastic homes already exist, what houses will we see in the future?

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“An inspiring gift for the creative child, or an imaginative adult. . . . Readers of all ages can study the innovative designs, layouts, and building materials used. Each page is . . . fascinating.” - Weekend Sun (New Zealand)

“A truly original book about inventive houses around the world and real life architects, presented in an animated style that evokes those drawings you did when you were a kid. A book for architects, for kids who love structures, and adults who love houses. An intriguing and very cool book.” - Page & Blackmore Booksellers

What exactly is a house? A simple dwelling with a roof and four walls? Sure, if you’re ordinary. But did you know a house can also be a nut, a suitcase, a UFO and even a giant balloon you blow up? . . . By utilising loads of bright colors, illustrations and funky infographics, the authors make global architecture a fun, accessible and educational experience for children—and, as we discovered when the book was in our office—adults too. In fact, one copy is still missing . . .  - Design Daily

“This is a fascinating book, extraordinary. . . . If you imagine the more inventive houses that feature on the television show Grand Designs, but designed by Andy Warhol with input from Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear—how’s that for a mental picture? . . . Anyone involved in any sort of architecture-building, design-would cherish this book. . . . Any company that has a business in engineering, in architecture, in design, anything-this is a really groundbreaking, thought-provoking sort of literature.” - John McIntyre, New Zealand National Radio