Randi Crawford I'm not the biggest fan of modern houses, as I find them somewhat cold and the Arts & Crafts too dark. (Although I love the details in the woodwork and stained glass artistry of A & C.) I have seen some gorgeous modern homes and I can appreciate the design innovations. I think what some are failing to grasp is that most of these houses were "laboratories" in which architects were putting into 3 dimensions ideas that they had visualized and that had not been done before. From my reading, it appears to be true that Falling Water has trouble with dampness and the Glass House gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter, but consider what their creators did and don't judge them as livable houses. Instead I think they should be regarded as concentrations of new ideas and in some cases, works of art, which were then disseminated through world culture and subsequently modified to be more practical and efficient.

Shane Hood 33% of the homes shown are from outside North America. 6 of the architects are non Americans.