Stang, Alanna, 1970-,

The green house : new directions in sustainable architecture / Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne. - First edition. - 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.

Introduction: Camera-ready green design -- City -- Suburb -- Mountainside -- Waterside -- Desert -- Tropics -- Anywhere -- Featured architects -- Resources.

In their international survey of contemporary house design, the authors herald the emergence of a new architecture - one that is as aesthetically compelling as it is environmentally friendly. Leaving behind the clunky, mud-caked constructions of the 1960s and 1970s, the more than twenty-five remarkable residences featured in The Green House not only tread lightly on the land but also provide exalted spaces in which to live

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Sustainable architecture--Exhibitions.
Ecological houses--Exhibitions.

NA2542.36 / .S73 2005