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Books | 21 Aug 05 | Stumble
Designing Your Home for Health and Fitness.
Apparently modern contemporary design and personal fitness go well together. That's the conclusion one would come to flipping through the pages of this book on "over a dozen homes that architecturally create health- conscious environments.". Designed to more fully integrate exercise in daily life, these (big) houses feature long grand staircases, floor plans to encourage walking and climbing walls to encourage climbing. Exercise never looked so attractive. There's a list of featured projects after the jump, but standouts include BCJ's Pool House (not on their website) and MOA's Ten Broeck House addition. Hardcover, 160 pages, 150 images, $26.37 at Amazon.
Featured Projects include:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, New Jersey)
Sprint Headquarters (Overland Park, Kansas)
Lawson/Westen House (Los Angeles, California)
Aronoff Guesthouse (Santa Monica, California)
The Pool House (Utah)
The Tennis House (Connecticut)
The VXO House (London, UK)
The Millennium Apartment (New York, New York)
The Bachelor House (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Murray Street Sky Court (New York, New York)
The Sinnott Residence (Los Angeles, California)
The Adirondack Camp House (Connecticut)
Ninevah Beach House (Sag Habor, New York)
The Spine House (Cologne, Germany)
The Gipsy Trail House (Croton, New York)
The Mountain House (Stratton, Vermont)
The Carriage House (New York)
The Ess House (Seattle, Washington)
The Lake Michigan House (Michigan)
Ten Broeck House (Columbia County, New York)
Park Slope Townhouse (Brooklyn, New York)
Atlanta Residence (Atlanta, Georgia)
