Sustainable Homes: 26 Designs That Respect the Earth

by James Grayson Trulove

Sustainable Homes puts to rest the stigma that "green architecture" is unattractive and unsuitable for residential architecture.For the houses shown in this volume represent design equal to or superior to most conventional houses. Each of these "eco" houses is unique. Some tread lightly on the site by nestling into the land. Others are designed to be extremely well suited to the climactic zones in which they are built. Many use materials that do...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060594462
• ISBN13: 9780060594466
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful book

This is a beautiful book and we ordered because we wanted a coffee table book and also some ideas for sustainable home design. It does all that and more. I know some reviewers were disappointed that there were not more guidelines on how-to. We had covered that so we were ready for some pure visual ideas. Highly recommended if that is what you want. All in all at the very least this is a splendid coffee table book and provides food for thought on how magnificent sustainable design can be.

Interesting ideas from questionable designs

Sustainability is something that seems to defy definition at this time. Personally, I believe that part of it has to do with lifestyle. I think it is terrific that when pallacial homes are built they bring efficiencies into play. There are many good ideas in this book. Some of them have already been incorporated into projects I am building. That does not make them "Designs that Respect the Earth". Most of these structures are not what I would call sustainable. I would, however say that they are more effecient than they could have been. Dont get me wrong, I am glad that these are being built the way they are. It is just that the title makes a bold claim I call to question. They are, in some cases beautiful and as I said, some of the ideas are being incorporated into current projects of Eco-Con Building Systems, Inc.