Our houses can be seen as living, breathing entities, extensions of ourselves and our families. This carefully considered publication provides the design inspiration to build and live in domestic spaces in a balanced, natural, sustainable way.

The book includes case studies and plans, a directory of architects, and a listing of featured houses, materials, and useful products. 340 full-color and 46 black-and-white photographs

INTRODUCTION

 building better homes

CHAPTER 1

 design & build

 DANGAR HOUSE

 Dangar Island, NSW, Australia

 Robertson & Hindmarsh

 Architects

 HIND HOUSE

 Wargrave, Berkshire, UK

 John Pardey Architects

 LOS FELIZ RESIDENCE

 Los Angeles, CA, USA

 Techentin Buckingham

 Architecture

 RIDGEWOOD HOUSE

 Los Angeles, CA, USA

 assembledge+

 WABI HOUSE

 Carlsbad, CA, USA

 Sebastian Mariscal Studio

CHAPTER 2

 let there be light

 BR HOUSE

 Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 Marcio Kogan

 BROOKES STREET

 HOUSE

 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

 James Russell Architect

 HAUS W

 Hamburg, Germany

 Kraus Schonberg Architects

 KING RESIDENCE

 Santa Monica, CA, USA

 John Friedman

 Alice Kimm Architects

 MARIE SHORT HOUSE

 Kempsey, NSW, Australia

 Glenn Murcutt

CHAPTER 3

 the material world

 DESERT HOUSE

 Coachella Valley, CA, USA

 Marmol Radziner

 LAS ROZAS HOUSE

 Madrid. Spare

 Abalos+Sentkiewicz

 Arquitectos

 LUTZ HOUSE

 Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria

 Philip Lutz Architektur

 RAUCH HOUSE

 Schlins, Vorarlberg, Austria

 Martin Rauch/Roger

 Boltshauser

 UTZON CABIN

 Tibirke, Denmark

 Kim Utzon Arkitekter

CHAPTER 4

 indoor/outdoor living

 HOUSE IN IPORANGA

 Guaruja, Brazil

 Studio Arthur Casas

 PALM BEACH HOUSE

 Sydney, NSW, Australia

 Design King Company

 HOUSE G

 Luberon, France

 Studio KO

 MAISON OLLIOULES

 Var, France

 Rudy Ricciotti Architecte

 WAVE HOUSE

 Sydney, NSW, Australia

 Tony Owen Partners

CHAPTER 5

 sustainable footprints

 BRICAULT HOUSE

 Los Angeles. CA, USA

 Bricault Design

 GLEN VIEW

 Halesworth, Suffolk, UK

 James Gorst Architects

 MARSHALL HOUSE

 Phillip Island. Vic. Australia

 Barrie Marshall/Denton Corke

 Marshall

 PETIT BAYLE 238

 Tarn-et-Garonne, France

 Vicky Thornton with Jef Smith

 of Meld Architecture

 STROLZ HOUSE

 Lech, Austna

 Dietrich Untertrifaller

 Architekten

directory of architects

index