THREE OF THE BEST BOOKS TO SUIT ALL STYLES

Decadent

Architecture Fin-de-siècle (Taschen, £250) is a feast for the eyes. The three volume tome includes lavish works by architects Antoni Gaudi, Josef Hoffman and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, all captured in atmospheric detail by late Japanese architectural photographer Keiichi Tahara.

Minimalist

Founders of real estate agency The Modern House, Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill, have used their expert eyes to compile a catalogue of the finest modernist buildings, from Le Corbusier designs to John Pawson’s masterpieces, in Ornament is Crime (Phaidon, £29.95).

Revolutionist

Pioneering and futuristic, the stunning homes in Inside Utopia (Gestalten, £45) range from architect Pierre Koenig’s 1960s steel Stahl House, which seems to almost float above the Hollywood Hills, to the playful interior of Karl Lagerfeld’s Monaco apartment, designed by Memphis Milano.