Another addition to the highly successful 21st Century series The latest in sustainable housing design trends from around the world, providing inspiration and practical ideas Features lush color photographs of visually spectacular and environmentally-friendly architecture Showcases detailed plans and descriptions of each house and its sustainable elements. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the global necessity of facing the challenges of Climate Change has unleashed the inventive powers of architects around the world, many of whom are tackling the problem in original and highly creative ways. And yet, as the projects contained in this volume attest

The energy-efficient home has come along way over the past couple of decades. Dnce synonomous with ugliness, concerned solely with utility to the exclusion of comfort and style, early prototypes looked more like overblown science proiects than homes. Things have certainly changed, as architects across the word are now seamlessly bleoding styte, comfort and sustainability. Perhaps the greatest compliment that can be paid to the collection of houses in this book is that they don't look sustainable. They are simply beautiful homes that just happen to contain elements of sustainablitity.

21st Gentury Sustainable Homes shews how today's forward thinking architects are facing the Challenge of energy efficient design in a range of innovative ways. Whether this be through designing and positioning the house to make the best use of local climatic conditions, through the seleotion of recycled of recyclable building materials, or through the use of more technologically sophisticated systems, all the houses featured in this book reflect a growing sensitivity to the environment in residential architectural design.

Introduction

lOOK House

Aptos Family Retreat

Arrowtown House

Autonomous House

Bahia House

BC House

Big Dig House

Boano-Lowenstein Residence

Bungalow @ 5 Polo Club

Cedeira House

Christie Beach Residence

CO2-Saver

Courtyard House

Dalkeith House

DT House

El Ray House

English Residence

Gap House

Hill End Ecohouse

House 205

House Among the Pines

House in Matsubara

House in the Forest

House Reduction

House Ulve

Hover House 3

Kelly Residence

King Residence

Kyneton House

La Casa Verde

Loch Derg

Marcus Beach House

Margarido House

Mr. Veeder Residence

Oppenheimer Residence

Palmyra House

Pepper Drive House

Rainbow House

Ross Street House

Schierle House

Shelter House

Skyline Residence

Solar Active House

Steigereiland 2.0

Tehama Grasshopper

Toten Farmhouse

Treehouse

Volga House

Glossary