Building a home for yourself could either be a nightmare or a dream: You have free reign, but you also must live with your mistakes or second-guesses forever. That hasn’t stopped many architects from overseeing the designs of their own spaces — and lucky for us, sometimes they let photographers inside.
The public has long been fascinated by the homes architects live in — Architectural Record has published two volumes of books looking at these buildings, and a long list of other publishers have followed suit. At this year’s at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, a whole exhibition is being staged on the topic; Where Architects Live will give visitors a glimpse inside of eight homes where great architects, from Zaha Hadid to Shigeru Ban, hang their hats.
After Metropolis looked at a few of the homes, we decided to do add some other great examples to the list. Some of these spaces are what you’d expect — others are actually quite surprising. Take a look.
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Paris
Pictures: Where Architects Live; Aki Furudate.
Peter Gluck (Gluck+ ), Ulster County, New York
Pictures: Architects House Themselves.
Daniel Libeskind, New York City
Pictures: Where Architects Live; Nicola Tranquillino.
Zaha Hadid, London
Pictures: Where Architects Live; Davide Pizzigoni.
Shigeru Ban, Hanegi Forest, Japan
Pictures: Where Architects Live; Hiroyuki Hirai.
David Chipperfield, Berlin
Pictures: Where Architects Live; Davide Pizzigoni.
Oscar Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro
Pictures: Architizer; SUBTILITAS.
Le Corbusier, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Pictures: Architizer; La Lezardiere.
Charles and Ray Eames, Los Angeles, California
Philip Johnson, New Canaan, Connecticut
Lawrence Scarpa and Angela Brooks, Venice, California
