Preface -- Introduction: Designing Homes for Changing Times -- Building a Future Home: Sustainable Construction -- Chapter 1: Green Materials -- Chapter 3: Innovative Construction -- Chapter 4: Designing Exteriors -- Chapter 5: Creative Designs -- Future Gardens -- Chapter 6: Xeriscaped Gardens -- Inside a Future Home: Sustainable Interiors -- Chapter 7: Adaptable Interiors -- Chapter 8: Smart Storage -- Chapter 9: Future Kitchens -- Chapter 10: Energy Efficiency -- Chapter 11: Sustainable Utilities -- Chapter 12: Smart Technology -- Our Future Homes: Sustainable Communities -- Chapter 13: Livable Denser Communities -- Chapter 14: Communities on the Move -- Chapter 15: Open Spaces -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Contributing Firms -- Photography.
Summary:
New challenges on a global scale have forced a rethinking about the way homes and communities are designed. Future Homes provides an engaging and in-depth analysis of possible solutions, providing hope for the future. Broadly speaking these challenges came in three ways: environmental, social, and economic. The challenges posed by climate change demand urgent consideration and response. But a change in methodology and the ingenious employment of technological advances offers solutions to these challenges. This book provides important examples of ways to meet the global challenges by using innovative concepts and practices, leading to a transformation of how residences will appear in the years to come.With sustainability as an overarching strategy for future retooling and design of our homes, it's worth taking a look at the new challenges we face and the ways they can be approached by stakeholders such as urban planners, architects, designers, builders, and individuals considering building their own home.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.