Here We Are, Home At Last

The Architecture of Nithurst

Adam Richards, Jeremy Musson, Geoff Dyer , Takero Shimazaki

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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
10 October 2024

Individual architects & architectural firms; Houses, apartments, flats, units; History of architecture

Nithurst by Adam Richards Architects is a much-lauded, multi-award-winning house designed by the architect for his family, and situated in the picturesque South Downs National Park. The building intentionally feels both ancient and contemporary and the character of the house is informed by Renaissance drawings and by Palladio’s plan for the Villa Barbaro. With influences ranging from Vanbrugh to Tarkovsky, the design has multiple layers of reference and association, each informing the whole, enhancing its meaning, whilst creating a beautiful place to live.

This book tells the full story of the evolution of the house, offering thematic essays written by specialists in the fields of film, architectural history, interiors and art – Geoff Dyer, Takero Shimazaki, Jeremy Musson and Corinna Dean – which explore specific aspects of the design in greater detail. Central to it all is a detailed and analytical narrative by Adam Richards, illustrated by beautiful colour photography and architectural drawings.

By: Adam Richards
Contributions by: Jeremy Musson, Geoff Dyer, Takero Shimazaki, Corinna Dean
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 310mm, Width: 206mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781848227002
ISBN 10: 1848227000
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 10 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Points of Reference i-v by Takero Shimazaki; Conversations with the Past by Jeremy Musson; Here We Are, Home at Last by Geoff Dyer; A Repository of Fragments by Corinna Dean; Vanishing Point by Adam Richards

Adam Richards is a British architect whose work has encompassed architecture, interior design and furniture. As well as designing private houses, his practice has earned a reputation for making highly-crafted buildings in the fields of culture, heritage, the arts, including Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft in Sussex. He has taught architecture at Cambridge University and Kingston University.

Reviews for Here We Are, Home At Last: The Architecture of Nithurst

Nithurst is perhaps the most intriguing private home built in the last few years and this handsome volume is a fine introduction to it. As Jeremy Musson writes, the house is a 'book of architecture in itself', but it is also an object, a sculpture, a painting, a landscape, a film, a study in perspective and proportion, and an extraordinary personal dream. - Timothy Brittain-Catlin,