Modern : New Zealand homes from the 1938 to 1977 / edited by Jeremy Hansen.

"HOME, the magazine in which most of the dwellings in this volume were originally published, has championed the virtues of good architecture since it was first published in 1936 as Building today magazine"--Page 12.

Each chapter deals with one of 24 featured homes and has different and varying contributors.

Donner House Titirangi, Auckland, 1947 -- McKenzie House Ngaio, Wellington, 1958 -- Halberstam House Karori, Wellington, 1948 -- Uren House Raumati, Kapiti Coast, 1965 -- Sutton House Richmond, Christchurch, 1963 -- Lomas House Lake Rotoroa, Hamilton, 1954-1955 -- Patience House Meadowbank, Auckland, 1950 -- Martin House Ngatarawa, Hawke's Bay, 1969-70 -- Wilson House St John's Hill, Whanganui, 1958-1960 -- Clifton Hill House Sumner, Christchurch, 1965 -- Tapper House Kohimarama, Auckland, 1957 -- Brake House Titirangi, Auckland, 1976-1977 -- Foster House Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, 1973 -- Driver House Parawai, Thames, 1959 -- Alington House Karori, Wellington, 1959-1962 -- Martin Bach Ruatapu, Hokitika, 1974 -- Henderson House Bridge Hill, Alexandra, 1950 -- Manning House Stanley Point, Auckland, 1955-1960 -- Simpson House Greenlane, Auckland, 1938 -- Rutherford House Belleknowes, Dunedin, 1959-1961 -- Robertson House Glendowie, Auckland, 1961-1963 -- McCoy House Vauxhall, Dunedin, 1959 -- Newcomb House Parnell, Auckland, 1962-1963 -- Craig House Pinehaven, Wellington, 1968.

"The 24 projects, by architects including Ernst Plischke, Ivan Juriss, Henry Kulka, Jack Manning, Miles Warren, John Scott, Vlad Cacala, Cedric Firth and many more, are the sorts of houses that are increasingly sought-after and admired. As editor Jeremy Hansen writes in his introduction, 'I love these homes for their challenge to Victorian convention, for their optimistic embrace of new ideas, for the warmth of their material palettes, for their rigorous simplicity and dignified modesty. I love the way almost all of them are as liveable today as when they were first completed.' All the homes have their roots in the modernist movement, but the book hasn't attempted to present only the purest expositions of modernist form; it maps how modernism was forced to adapt to local conditions. It also reveals how modernism's revolutionary fervour was felt not only in New Zealand architecture but also in every creative field, resulting in fascinating cultural cross-pollination"--Publisher's information.