ART/INVENTION/HOUSE IS AN AUTHORITATIVE AND HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION OF FORTY NEW HOUSES-MANY PUBLISHED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME-EXPLORING THE CREATIVITY OF TOP ARCHITECTS AROUND THE WORLD, RANGING FROM FIRMS THAT SPECIALIZE IN RESIDENTIAL WORK TO THOSE FOR WHOM A HOUSE IS A RARE INDULGENCE. THE HOUSES SHOWN HERE ARE UNDERSTATED OR AUDACIOUS, BUT NEVER CONVENTIONAL. EACH OF THESE CUTTING-EDGE PROJECTS, WHETHER BUILT IN TOWN OR COUNTRY, REPRESENTS A WORLD APART FROM ITS SURROUNDINGS. SOME HAVE ONLY TREES FOR NEIGHBORS; OTHERS ARE SHOEHORNED INTO TIGHT URBAN SITES, PERCH ON PRECIPITOUS SLOPES, OR CLING LIKE LIMPETS TO THE COASTLINE. BUT EVERY HOUSE IS ONE OF A KIND, THE PRODUCT OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN DEMANDING CLIENTS AND CREATIVE DESIGNERS AROUND THE GLOBE.THE BOOK INCLUDES THE WORLD...