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The book presents the latest 30 projects from Swatt | Miers Architects, one of San Francisco's leading award-winning architecture practicesShowcases projects from the specific period of 2006-2016, to illustrate the very progressive and innovative development that this firm is capable ofHighlights Swatt | Miers Architects' dedication to excellence, and their focus on the strong relationships between architecture and the land, and interior to exterior livingShows how the firm has continued its development beyond San Francisco to the rest of North America, Canada, India and SpainStrong narrative essays coupled with rich, detailed photography
This new monograph of the work of Bay Area based, internationally acclaimed Swatt | Miers Architects features 30 exciting new projects, including 20 new homes, covering the prolific decade between 2006 and 2016. This 10-year period has seen the work of Swatt | Miers expand into different regions of California, including the Central Valley, the Northern California wine country, and Los Angeles; different states, including Hawaii and Colorado; and other regions of the world, including Canada, India and Spain. Designed from the inside out, the constant threads that pervade the work include strong relationships of architecture to land, open planning for informal living, and dissolving the boundary between inside and outside... all designed to be as beautiful to live in as to behold. This volume showcases this firm's award-winning projects and recent accomplishments in glorious full colour, and is replete with insightful and engaging commentary across the monograph's extraordinary collection of international works.