Cutting edge private dwellingsBeyond the fundamental notion of shelter, what defines a house? Thebroad-ranging selection of extraordinary dwellings in the Architecture Now!Housesseries shows the concept to be infinitely malleable: one house seemsto hover above the ground, another is embedded in it; some have starkminimal lines, others have tropical gardens; some are palatial, othersmonastic—all of them displaying remarkable structural and aestheticmastery. From postmodern castles to hi-tech cabins, the Architecture Now!Houses series is a connoisseur's choice of the world's most remarkable newhouses.Architecture Now! Houses 2 features architects and practices including:Amarterrance, Arkpabi, Eduardo Arroyo - No.MAD Arquitectos, AtelierBow-Wow, Bellemo & Cat, Bernardes + Jacobsen Arquitetura, Alberto CampoBaeza, Casey Brown, Padraic Cassidy, Cealula Arquitectura, Josea Cruz Ovalle,dRMM, dRN Architects, Thomas Fabrinsky, Fearon Hay, Carlos Ferrater, Float,FOVEA, Sou Fujimoto Architects, Alexander Gorlin, Jorge Gracia Garcia,Graft, Hangar Design Group, HHF, Jun Igarashi, Yosuke Inoue, Toyo Ito,Michael Jantzen, Johnston Marklee, Rick Joy, Stephen Kanner, Taiji Kawano,KWK PROMES, Juergen Mayer H., McBride Charles Ryan, Richard Meier, JoebMoore, Olson Kundig, Palerm & Tabares de Nava, Sara Pellegrini, Pezo VonEllrichshausen Arquitectos, Powerhouse Company, PRODUCTORA, RCRArquitectes, Rocha Tombal, Todd Saunders, Hartwig N. Schneider,Schwartz/Silver, SeARCH & CMA, Robert Stone, Studio Pei Zhu, MakikoTsukada, Ulloa + Ding, WM + Associates, Kyu Sung Woo