50 remarkable masterpieces have been carefully selected in the book to represent the trend of modern home design and designers' various ideas about environment in different regions, cultures and settings. Habitation is one of the fundamental needs for human beings, and it is just from residence that architecture developed itself. With the unceasing growth of this discipline, designs for public buildings drew more and more attention, as witnessed by numerous memorial edifices built all over the world. However, architects have never moved their eyes from residences. In the early 20th century, great designers contributed to this field with many gorgeous projects, such as Fallingwater, Villa Savoye, and Schroeder Housein Utrecht. Today when we have stepped into a new era for design, grandmasters in architecture are paying an unprecedented effort to our living space with their genius in creativity and innovation.