"The Iconic House: Architectural Masterworks Since 1900"

By Domenic Bradbury with photographs by Richard Powers Thames & Hudson, $65

The world's most influential houses are in this well-designed, large-format book, including the Wright and Neutra houses for Edgar J. Kaufmann. We experience them through intelligent text, several pages of photographs and what really sets this book apart: floor plans. A keeper.

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