The New Sustainable House by Penny Craswell maps the expanding terrain of ecologically motivated residential design, moving well beyond the familiar gestures of solar panels and water tanks to examine what genuine environmental responsibility looks like in practice.
About This Book
Sustainable architecture has long risked becoming a checklist — a set of technical additions bolted onto otherwise conventional houses. Craswell's survey reframes the conversation. Ranging from a mud-brick single-storey dwelling in the Texas desert to a petrochemical-free all-timber cabin in Sweden, the book gathers a diverse collection of houses united not by shared technology but by shared intent: to minimise environmental impact without sacrificing comfort or design quality. For architects, designers, and clients navigating the growing field of sustainable residential design, this is a considered argument that ingenuity and ecological responsibility are not in competition.
Key Features
- 272 pages of international residential case studies spanning diverse climates, scales, and construction methods
- Author: Penny Craswell
- Featured projects include a mud-brick house in the Texas desert and a petrochemical-free timber cabin in Sweden
- Published by Thames and Hudson, ISBN 9781760764012
What You'll Discover
- How new materials and construction technologies are expanding the palette of sustainable residential design beyond conventional passive-house approaches
- The relationship between site-specific building and environmental impact, examined across geographically and climatically disparate projects
- How architects and clients are negotiating the tension between ecological ambition and the demands of comfort and aesthetics
- The case that responsible design is not a style or a product category but a shared motivation expressed across radically different built forms
About the Author
Penny Craswell is the author of The New Sustainable House, published by Thames and Hudson. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 22.3 x 28.1 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781760764012
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and residential designers pursuing sustainable practice, clients commissioning new homes, and students seeking a broad, visually grounded survey of contemporary ecological residential design.