Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 6
Preface 7
Section 1 Demographic and Social Trends 8
1.0 Live-Work Residences 10
1.1 House S, Breda, The Netherlands: Grosfeld van der Velde Architects 14
1.2 Intexure Live-Work Studio, Houston, Texas, USA: Intexure Architects 18
2.0 Ageing in Place 22
2.1 Villa Deys, Rhenen, The Netherlands: Architectural Office Paul de Ruiter BV 26
3.0 Multigenerational Living 30
3.1 Jones House, Vordertau, Germany: Reinhardt Jung 34
3.2 Ravine House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cindy Rendely Architexture 38
4.0 Small Homes 42
4.1 L41 Home, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Michael Katz, Architect and Janet Crone, Designer 46
4.2 House to Catch the Forest, Negano, Japan: Tezuka Architects 50
Section 2 Design and Production Methods 54
5.0 Adaptable Houses 56
5.1 Butler House, Melbourne, Australia; Andrew Maynard Architects 60
5.2 Live Work Home, Syracuse, New York, USA: Cook+Fox Architects 64
6.0 Growing Homes 68
6.1 MOMO - Modern Modular, Oland, Sweden: Grasshopper AB 72
6.2 Prefab Lighthouses, Groningen, The Netherlands: DAAD Architecten 76
7.0 Prefabricated Dwellings 80
7.1 Wood House in Caviano, Caviano, Switzerland: Markus Wespi Jérome de Meuron Architects BSA 84
7.2 Zufferey House, Willis, Switzerland: Nunatak Sari 88
8.0 Narrow Houses 92
8.1 Narrow House, Tel Aviv, Israel; Ohad Yehieli Architects 96
8.2 Layer House, Kobe, Japan: Hiroaki Ohtani 100
9.0 Plug and Play Designs 104
9.1 Loftcube, New York, USA: Studio Aisslinger 108
9.2 Arado weeHouse, Ontario, Canada: Alchemy Architects 112
10.0 Healthy Indoor Environments 116
10.1 NEXTHouse, Seattle, Washington, USA: David Vandervort Architects 120
10.2 Steel Study House II, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands: Archipelontwerpers 124
Section 3 Energy and Resource Efficiency 128
11.0 Net-Zero Dwellings 130
11.1 Lighthouse, Watford, UK: Sheppard Robson 134
11.2 Sunlighthouse, Pressroom, Austria: Hein-Troy Architects 138
12.0 Designing for Passive Solar Gain 142
12.1 Trial Bay House, Tasmania, Australia: James Jones, Architect/HBV Architects 146
13.0 Active Solar-Powered Dwellings 150
13.1 Home for Life/Activehouse, Lystrup, Aarhus, Denmark: AART Architects 154
13.2 Malibu 5, Malibu, California, USA: Kanner Architects 158
14.0 Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) Systems 162
14.1 OS House, Racine, Wisconsin, USA: Johnsen Schmaling Architects 166
14.2 Pryor House, Montauk, New York, USA: Bates Masi Architects 170
15.0 Building with Recycled Materials 174
15.1 Big Dig House, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA: SsD 178
16.0 Water-Efficient Dwellings 182
16.1 Villa 4.0, Hilversum, The Netherlands: Dick van Gameren Architecten 186
16.2 7ten Project, Venice, California, USA: GRAYmatter Architecture 190
17.0 Green Roofs 194
17.1 House Ocho, Carmel, California, USA: Feldman Architecture 198
17.2 Villa Bio, Figueres, Spain: Cloud 9/Enric Ruiz-Geli 202
Section 4 Innovative Landscaping 206
18.0 Designing With Nature 208
18.1 OS House, Loredo, Cantabria, Spain: FRPO Rodriguez & Oriol Architecture 212
18.2 Rantilla Residence, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA: Michael Rantilla 216
19.0 Edible Landscaping 220
19.1 Ross Street House, Madison, Wisconsin, USA: Richard Wittschiebe Hand 224
19.2 Adams Fleming House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Levitt Goodman Architects 228
20.0 Xeriscaped Outdoor Spaces 232
20.1 Residence for a Briard, Culver City, California, USA: Sander Architects 238
20.2 Jacobson Residence, Los Angeles, California, USA: Wick Architecture and Design 242
Bibliography 246
Project References 248
Project Credits 250
Picture Credits 253
Index 254
