1st Edition

Future Homes Domestic Architecture in a Changing World

By Ellie Stathaki Copyright 2026
208 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

208 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

Close to nature, sustainable, healthy, social, spectacular... We ask a lot of our future homes and the architects that design them. Over time, innovative domestic design has taken many forms. Different eras, shaped by specific needs, challenges and opportunities, have given their own interpretation of this most essential of buildings - the home - defining what it could look like, what it... Read more

Preface, Introduction, Chapter 1: Thresholds, Introduction, • Alan Power Architects – Redmans Road, Whitechapel, London, UK, • Atelier ITCH – ITCH House, Jung-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, • Guttfield Architecture – Hackney Backhouse, London, UK, • Inpractice – House, Pol Neighbourhood, Ahmedabad, India, • Niko Architecture – Washizu’s House, Suginami Ward, Tokyo, Japan Chapter 2: Pushing boundaries, Introduction, • acaa – Sky Catcher House, Atsugi-Shi, Japan, • Alan Power Architects – Haydens Place, London, UK, • Gonzalo Bardach and Matias Mosquera– Memo House, San Isidiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, • Hayhurst & Co. – Whole House, London, UK, Chapter 3: Leftover spaces, Introduction, • B.L.U.E architecture studio - Beijing Hutong, Dongcheng, China, • Constanza Chiozza and Pedro Magnasco - PH Lavalleja House in Buenos Aries, • Only If - Narrow House, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, • Sou Fujimoto – House K Nishinomiya, Japan, • Victorgn Arquitecto – Casa 2.5, Victoria de Durango, Mexico, Chapter 4: Finding nature, Introduction, • A.L.X.-junichi sampei – On The Cherry Blossom, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, • mA-style architects – Green Edge House, Fujieda, Tokyo, Japan, • Not Architects Studio – Weather House, Shinagawa, Tokyo, • ODDO Architects – VH House, Hanoi, Vietnam, Chapter 5: Retrofitting, Introduction, • Atelier Li Xinggang - conversion of no. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong, Beijing, • Milagros Ratto and Brian Kohan – PH Scalabrini Ortiz, Buenos Aires, Argentina, • Trias Architects – Hidden Gdn Hse, Darlinghurst, Australia ** Chapter 6: Common ground ** Introduction, • Air Mann-Ami Shinar Architects – Apartments, Ramat Hasharon, Israel, • Bedaux De Brouwer Architecten – Duikklok Apartments, Tilburg, The Netherlands, • Justin Mallia Architecture – Yan Lane, Melbourne, Australia, • Sergison Bates – Courtyard Housing, Clapham, London, UK Conclusion Index Endnotes Image Credits

Biography

Ellie Stathaki is a writer, editor, and the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in or authored books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).