{"product_id":"sustainable-isbn-9780847843725","title":"Sustainable","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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.Avi Friedman is a cofounder of the Affordable Homes Program at the McGill School of Architecture in Quebec, where he teaches. He is the author of twelve books and was a syndicated columnist for the CanWest chain of daily newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300470182117,"sku":"NP9780847843725","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847843725.jpg?v=1767737642","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/sustainable-isbn-9780847843725","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}