By Philip Jodidio
www.taschen.com

From expansive mansions laid out before jaw-dropping vistas to cleverly compact townhouses squeezed onto tiny city sites, these homes all offer unique and dramatic solutions to the question of where and how their owners live.

With text by Philip Jodidio, one of the world’s best architecture writers, and photography that offers perspective ranging from an expansive bird’s eye view to a small snippet of detail, each chapter truly tells the story of each distinctive locale. And here in New Zealand we’re ably represented by Pete Bossley’s Brown Vujcich house in Auckland’s Herne Bay – a warm and inviting space that maximises the potential of the narrow sloping site.