Modern architecture in Australia is a relatively new development. Most of the country's 20 million inhabitants live in coastal regions and climates that invite a modernist style receptive to light, air, and space. This well-designed catalogue, published in conjunction with a 2007 exhibition at Berlin's Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, highlights the residential work of 25 architects from the past 15 years. The book is divided into six chapters, which are sandwiched between essays on local modernist pioneers, including Harry Seidler and 2002 Pritzker Prize-winner Glenn Murcutt, and opinions about the future of Australian modernism. The "Minimal" chapter features Ian Moore's Price O'Reilly House, a chic two-story townhouse that opens onto a pristine courtyard, and Collins and Turner's Bombala Farmhouse, a prefab hillside retreat. The "Sculptural" section includes McBride Charles Ryan's surreal Dome House, a copper-clad sphere that erupts from underground, while "Frame" offers Jackson Clements Burrows' Kew House, a three-part structure fanning out over a former tennis court. Chapters on "Interaction," "Landscape," and "East/West" — residences that marry Aussie modernism with international style — round out this comprehensive handbook.