Good homes are places where lives unfold, families grow up, dogs jump on sofas, and friends share meals.

They're also spaces to find some solitude a quiet corner to read a book or have a Saturday afternoon nap. Homes need to do it all they sustain you, inspire you, and tell your story through architecture, design, and collections.

Monocle has always celebrated everything that makes a space a home when covering residences'whether featuring a city hideaway, a modernist seaside residence, or a summer outpost in a forest.

The Monocle team brings this all together in one volume that explores individual homes, housing projects old and new, communities of self-builders, even whole neighborhoods where a simple philosophy of building well has created quality of life for many.