Seven Avant-Garde Houses / Sept Maisons Davant-garde / Zeven Avant-garditische Huizen

The theme of the family home was one of the vectors of the popularity of the Modern Movement architects may be experimenting with innovative solutions. Among these advances, the advent of the modern flat roof is the result of technical applications permitted by the constructions of steel and concrete. Throughout the twentieth century architects will exercise their creativity in this type of construction that offers a wide range of possible variations. This publication, which follows the book The front of heaven Published in 1998 by the Society Imperbel travels the world and stops on seven examples of domestic architecture has played a leading role and avant-garde in their country . Seven houses, seven stories about their inhabitants and their architects, their country and their assessments.