Although there may be distinctions between a house and a home, it is a fet that the fundamental ideas of refuge, life and death are intertwined with the architecture of everyday life in all habitable places, ja it is a cave or a castle. The house can ser a measure of civilization, wealth or even intelligence. intelligence: it is a bar ometer of existence. This book is not about decorating, nor is this a practical guide to building someone's house. It's m it's an early quest that can lead the reader willing to travel from Patagonia a l Argentina to the cliffs of Dover Heights, Australia and see some of the remarkable m houses built in the past five years. 416 p.: Fot. col., plants and sections, 25 x 20 cm, paperbackText in English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese