Avi Friedman began his architectural studies at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, receiving his doctorate from the University of Montreal, Canada. He is a professor at the McGill School of Architecture, Quebec, and has published extensively about architecture in both academic and trade publications.

Introduction Section 1: Demographic and Social Trends 1 Live-Work Residences House S, Breda, Breda, The Netherlands: Grosfeld van der Velde Architects Intexure Live-Work Studio, Houston, Texas, USA: Intexure Architects 2 Aging in Place Villa Deys, Rhenen, The Netherlands: Architectural Office Paul de Ruiter bv 3 Multi-generational Living Jones House, Vordertau, Germany: Reinhardt Jung Ravine Residence,Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cindy Rendely Architexture 4 Small Homes L41 Home, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Michael Katz, Architect and Janet Crone, Designer House to Catch the Forest, Negano, Japan: Tezuka Architects Section 2: Design and Production Methods 5 Adaptable Houses Butler House, Melbourne, Australia; Andrew Maynard Architects LiveWorkHome, Syracuse, New York, US: Cook+Fox Architects 6 Growing Homes MOMO - Modern Modular, Oland, Sweden: Grasshopper AB Prefab Lighthouses, Groningen, The Netherlands: DAAD Architecten, Beilen 7 Prefabricated Dwellings Wood House in Caviano, Caviano, Switzerland; Markus Wespi Jerome de Meuron architects BSA Zufferey House, Willis, Switzerland: Nunatak Sarl 8 Narrow Houses Narrow House, Tel Aviv, Israel; Ohad Yehieli Architects Layer House, Kobe, Japan: Hiroaki Otani 9 Plug-and-Play Designs Loftcube, New York, New York, US: Loftcube Inc. Arado weeHouse, Ontario, Canada: Alchemy 10 Healthy Indoor Environments NEXTHouse, Magnolia, Seattle, Washington, U.S.; David Vandervort Architects Steel Study House II, Leeuwarden, Holland: Archipelontwerpers Section 3: Energy and Resource-Efficiency 11. Net-Zero Dwellings LightHouse, Watford, England: Sheppard Robson Sunlighthouse, Pressroom, Austria: Hein-Troy Architects 12 Design for Passive Solar Gain Trial Bay House,Tasmania, Australia: James Jones, Architect / HBV Architects 13 Active Solar-Powered Dwellings Home for Life / Activehouse, Lystrup, Aarhus, Denmark: AART Architects Malibu 5, Malibu, California: Kanner Architects 14 Innovative Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning OS House, Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.: Johnsen Schmaling Architects Pryor, Montauk, NewYork, U.S.: Bates Masi Architects 15 Building with Recycled Materials Big Dig House, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.: SsD 16 Water-Efficient Dwellings Villa 4.0, Hilversum, The Netherlands: Dick van Gameren architecten 710 Project, Venice, California, U.S.: GRAYmatter Architecture 17 Green Roofs House Ocho, Carmel, California, U.S.: Feldman Architecture Villa Bio, Figueres, Spain: Cloud 9 / Enric Ruiz-Geli Section 4: Innovative Landscaping 18 Design with Nature OS House, Loredo, Cantabria, Spain: FRPO Rodriguez Oriol Architecture Landscape Rantilla Residence Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.: Michael Rantilla, AIA 19 Edible Landscapes Ross Street House, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.; Richard Wittschiebe Hand Adams Fleming House,Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Levitt Goodman Architects 20 Xeriscaped Outdoors Residence for a Briard, Culver City, California, US: Sander Architects Jacobson Residence, Los Angeles, California, U.S.: Wick Architecture and Design Bibliography References for Projects Project Credits Photography Credits Index