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Friedman, Avi, 1952-

Sustainable : houses with small footprints / Sustainable, houses with small footprints Avi Friedman. - New York, NY : Rizzoli, 2015. - 336 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

A presentation of contemporary houses that demonstrates how domesticity can be beautiful and still help the planet. Have we passed a tipping point beyond which we can no longer reverse a course of action that was charted several decades ago Sustainable: Houses with Small Footprints argues that we can indeed detach our dwellings from a dependence on many external systems and resources and adopt other building practices. What is known as living off the grid is possible, and Sustainable presents forty-five houses that demonstrate how architects have implemented sustainable design concepts around the world. These projects show us what time-tested vernacular design principles--including local materials, natural ventilation strategies, and earth shelter construction--can teach us, as well as how the latest cutting-edge technologies--such as indoor farming and living walls made of plant material--can make truly sustainable design possible. The variety and ingenuity of the projects featured here make Sustainable a uniquely coherent and authoritative volume on sustainable residential design.

ISBN: 9780847843725 0847843726

LCCN: 2014952726

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ecological houses--Design and construction.

LC Class. No.: TH4860 / .F7695 2015