Experimental Architecture

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The reader won't find a single brownstone house surrounded by a white picketence here, as these unconventional houses have been designed strictly forhe adventurer at heart. Whether it be the gorgeous wood-filled nave of thearn-like home in upstate New York, the house in Aspen whose wavy modulesascade down the mountainside or the truly unprecedented "soft and hairy"uilding in Japan, to give just a few examples, each radically defiesonvention in its own unique way. Projects have been chosen from the ranks ofrchitecture's renowned masters: Michael Jantzen, Shigeru Ban or Rem Koolhaas,ith details of design and construction provided by the studios themselves.