Country houses, not cottages, as in affordable country home. No, here are 30 magnificent houses "from a Portuguese vacation home whose granite facade blends seamlessly into an ancient system of agricultural terraces to a Japanese family residence whose translucent walls glow like a paper lantern in the nighttime". 30 contemporary houses by architects seeking to reinvent the country house and develop a new rural architecture (and budgets that let them). BTW, that's the Mountain Tree House on the cover. Hardcover, 208 pages, 175 color photos, $34.65 at Amazon.

+ New Country House at Amazon