The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes

　　多數建築與室內裝潢書籍，多以一幀幀精美照片，展示打磨到發亮、完美不可一世的建築物，卻忽略了一個重點：不管是芝加哥摩天大廈，或澳洲黃金海岸的簡樸平房，真正完美的家，應該是可呼吸、可紓壓，可讓人居住其中的。

　　Monocle就憑藉著高質感的美學品味，與高水準的編輯素養，帶領讀者透過專業眼光，來一趟經典案例巡禮。這些予人溫馨之感的房子，以「實用」為目標，再加上傢俱、裝潢抑或房子位置等一連串神來之筆的巧思，在讀者眼前展現出如何將一棟冰冷建築，轉為真正溫馨、舒適住處的神奇過程。

　　那麼，哪裡會是打造理想家的完美之處呢？哪一個村莊、海岸線、青山、鄉鎮或城市，會讓你萌生定居之感？不論是遙遠的瑞典島嶼、林木蔥鬱的里約熱內盧，甚或遠從東京到多倫多，《The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes》將帶你走訪世界各地的家，告訴你建造夢想之家所需的一切知識。本書將提供你打造創意與實用生活的最佳美好平衡。(文/ 博客來編譯)

　　This Monocle book tells us how to turn a house into a home. Both a practical guide and a great source of inspiration, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes presents the interiors, furniture, and locations you need to know about along with portraits of the people who can make it happen. The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes celebrates the durable and the meaningful through a collection of homes that tell a story. Most architecture and interior books show houses polished to perfection, manicured to the extent that it is hard to imagine anybody acually lives there: they seem to miss the point that homes are meant to be inhabited. They should be able to take the scuffs and knocks and to be part of a community, whether in a Chicago skyscraper or on Australia's sunshine coast. So where are the best places to make a home? What are the villages, coastlines, mountains, towns, and cities that would make you want to settle down? The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes answers those questions with a global photographic survey of a wide variety of homes. Whether the focus is on a remote residence in the Swedish archipelago or a lush abode in Rio de Janeiro, or on the difference between residing in Tokyo and Toronto, this book is the perfect balance between the inspirational and the practical. The book is a survey of everything you need to know to build the residence of your dreams, providing insight into the best neighborhoods, architects, and makers all over the world. From design-store owners to green-roof gardeners, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes introduces you to interesting people with ideas that are built to last. Monocle's signature illustrations punctuate the book's rich and detailed content. Through striking photography, The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes also gives you a glimpse into the lives that unfold in these apartments, villas, and cottages, showing that these homes are alive and that this is precisely what makes them special. This is a book that should be referred to again and again--it is a book about the quality of life.