The Green House

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ISBN: 9781568989501
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Softcover, 196 pages
8,5 x 9 cm
May 2010
€19,00 (excl. VAT)

The Green House

New Directions in Sustainable Architecture

Alanna Stang, Christopher Hawthorne

From the arid deserts of Tucson, Arizona to the icy forests of Poori, Finland to the tropical beaches of New South Wales, Australia to the urban jungle of downtown Manhattan, critics Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe to find all that is new in the design of sustainable, or “green,” homes. The result: more than thirty-five residences in fifteen countries – and nearly every conceivable natural environment – designed by a combination of star architects and heretofore unknown practitioners.

Six different climactic zones are presented: waterfront, forest and mountain, tropical, desert, suburban and urban; there is also a section on mobile dwellings.

Featured architects include Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Miller/Hull, Rick Joy, Lake Flato, Kengo Kuma, Glenn Murcutt, Pugh & Scarpa, Werner Sobek and many others.