Glass. Timber. Concrete. Steel. Stone. The basic materials used to build houses are remarkably similar across the globe. Their designs, however, are not. Homes For Our Time gathers together over 50 of the most noteworthy homes from around the world in a richly illustrated celebration of contemporary architecture. While they vary wildly in form and structure, their functions remain the same, with nearly all of them indicative of local cultures and traditions while cleverly connecting to their surroundings by mixing the interior with the exterior.