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The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture
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About The Green House: New Directions In Sustainable
Product Description 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 in The Green House -- waterfront, forest and mountain, tropical, desert, suburban, and urban; there is also a section on mobile dwellings. Each chapter features a series of homes that show the diversity and possibility of sustainable design. Projects are presented with large color images, plans, drawings, and an accompanying text that describes their green features and explains how they work with and in the environment. Architects included: Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Miller/Hull, Rick Joy, Lake Flato, Kengo Kuma, Glenn Murcutt, Pugh & Scarpa, Werner Sobek, and many others. The Green House is not only a beautiful object in its own right, but is sure to be an indispensable reference for anyone building or interested in sustainable design -- and if you ask us, that should be everyone. Review "A book for the environmentally and aesthetically conscious...this book is as poignant as it is refreshing." -- Loft Magazine, September 2005 "THE GREEN HOUSE will serve as a handsome resource guide and inspiration for designers and their clients." -- Architectural Record, September 2005 ...demonstrate(s) quite vividly that environmental responsibility and dazzling design are no longer mutually exclusive. -- Town & Country, January 2006 A rich coffee table prize as well as a reference in finding visual devices to emulate... -- My House In The Mountain States, December 2005 A well-designed book about well-designed homes! I learned so much about the different kinds of earth-friendly buildings... -- Domino, March 2007 Crisp photos, illustrations, detailed write-ups of each project, ... a handsome resource guide and inspiration for designers and their clients. -- Architectural Record, 10/21/2005 The emergence of a new architecture -- both aesthetically pleasing and environmentally conscious. -- Metropolis, July 2005 With colorful images, plans, drawings and texts describing the houses' "green" factor... as poignant as it is refreshing. -- Loft, September 2005 About the Author Alanna Stang is Executive Editor of ID Magazine. Christopher Hawthorne is architecture critic for Slate and a frequent contributor to the New York Times.
