{"product_id":"houses-natural-natural-houses","title":"Houses Natural\/Natural Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA seductive, stylish, compelling, and authoritative assembly of vanguard small-scale houses that tread very lightly in nature, leading the way for architects, homeowners, and dreamers to rethink ways we can live, reside, and flourish.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitects have sought more and more to integrate residences into their settings minimally disturbing nature, with houses that float on the water or up in the trees. This book reveals 51 designs that bring their residences into nature, even allowing the natural setting to enter the very walls, with priority given to sustainability and carbon footprint. Each of the book's homes is carefully chosen for its innovative and seductive design, approachable scale, and stunning location, whether cocooned within the earth itself or soaring high amongst the treetops, surrounded by cooling waters, or resisting the desert heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsiderations of energy consumption can dictate a green roof in some cases, while blending ever more fully into the environment gives the satisfaction of not existing in contradiction with the world, a kind of escape to the original garden, or more precisely, a return to fundamental, incontrovertible values.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's collection spans the globe--from a remote bay on Bruny Island (Tasmania) to an isolated beach in Nicaragua or cabin perched above a fjord in Norway. Today's architectural vanguard is represented, as well as established firms working at the forefront of twenty-first-century design, such as Tom Kundig of the Seattle practice Olson Kundig and Sn hetta from Oslo. With a wealth of photographs showcasing each house inside and out, plus plans, \u003ci\u003eHouses Natural\/Natural Houses\u003c\/i\u003e offers inspiration--and tranquility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Jodidio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rizzoli International Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780847834310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 9.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Jodidio\u003c\/b\u003e was editor in chief of the French art monthly \u003ci\u003eConnaissance des arts \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1980 to 2002. Jodidio has written over 100 books about contemporary architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130867847242,"sku":"9780847834310","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/8990\/4435\/files\/houses-natural-natural-houses-9780847834310.jpg?v=1748939108","url":"https:\/\/trnk-nyc.mom\/products\/houses-natural-natural-houses","provider":"TRNK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}