You won't find a single brownstone house surrounded by a white picket fence here, as the unconventional houses in this collection have been designed strictly for (and by) the adventurer at heart. From the truly unprecedented "soft and hairy house' in Japan, to the stone windmill turned into a residence in Germany, or the house in Aspen whose sinuous modules cascade down the mountainside, each radically defies convention in its own unique way. Explanatory texts, construction details and layouts provided by the studios of such renowned masters as Bart Prince, Shigeru Ban or Rem Koolhaas make this an invaluable reference book.

• Bjarne Marterbroek & MVRDV: Double House Utrecht
• Ushida Findlay Partnership: Soft and Hairy House
• Engelen Moore: House in Redfern
• Santiago Calatrava: Buchen Housing Estate
• Rem Koolhaas: Dutch House
• Ushida Findlay Partnership: Polyphony
• Graham Phillips: Skywood House
• Linda Searl, Joseph Valerio: Ohio House
• Shinichi Ogawa & Associates: Glass House
• Klaus Sill & Jochen Keim: Apartment and Office Building
• Daniele Marques & Bruno Zurkirchen: Haus Kraan Lang
• Jones Studio, Inc: Walner Residence
• Satoshi Okada Architects: Villa Man-Bow
• UN Studio Van Berkel & Bos: Mobius House
• Niall McLaughlin: Northamptonshire Shack
• Jo Crepain Architect NV: Water Tower
• Brookes Stacey Randall: Lowe Apartment
• Bart Prince: Gradow Family Residence / Hight Residence
• Waro Kishi & K. Associates: House in Shimogamo
• Alfons Soldevila: Translucent House
• Kei'ichi Irie: T House
• Oswald Mathias Ungers: Wasserturm
• Michael Jantzen: M-House
• Shigeru Ban: Paper House
• Jose Gigante: Wind Mill Reconversion
• Kister Scheithauer Gross: Mach House
• Shigeru Ban: 2/5 House
• Thom Maine-Morphosis: Blades Residence
• ARTEC Architekten: Raum Zita Kern