Living on Water: Contemporary Houses Framed by Water Maps for most of us

for most of us

Begun in 1816

the novelties in the domestic sphere and daily life remain hazy

National University of Ireland

Robert O’Byrne is today one of Ireland’s best-known writers and lecturers specialising in the country’s historic houses and gardens

Living on Water: Contemporary Houses Framed by Water Maps for most of usPhaidon, 2018 272 pages, Hardback. A sumptuous survey of houses built with a strong connection to the oceans, lakes, rivers, and pools around them Living on Water showcases the finest examples of residential architecture that have one thing in common their special relationship to that most essential of elements: water. These homes have been designed with water as a fundamental key to their very essence whether built with a water view, built on water