Future Homes: Domestic Architecture in a Changing World maps what residential architecture looks like when climate resilience, social equity, and emerging technology become as fundamental to design as plan and section — across thirteen countries and eleven leading practices.
About This Book
The house has always been architecture's most contested brief, and right now the stakes are higher than ever. Future Homes confronts this directly, assembling cutting-edge residential projects that treat sustainability, diversity, and human-centred design not as constraints but as generative forces. Authored by Ellie Stathaki and published by RIBA Publishing, this is a survey of where domestic architecture is heading — and why that direction matters. The case studies span geographically from Australia and Japan to Ecuador and Paraguay, making this genuinely global in scope. For practitioners, students, and design-conscious readers interested in how architecture responds to a volatile world, the projects here are both exemplary and instructive.
Key Features
- 208 pages of full-colour photography, drawings, and plans across a diverse international case study selection
- Authored by Ellie Stathaki
- Featured practices include ao-ft, Archio, Architecture for London, Fernanda Canales, Gbolade Design Studio, Knox Bhavan, Omar Ghandi, Shahira Fahmy, State of Kin, Studio Bark, and Worofila
- Projects from Australia, Canada, Ecuador, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UK, and Vietnam
- Published by RIBA Publishing, ISBN 9781915722645
What You'll Discover
- How leading practices are integrating climate resilience and environmental responsibility into residential design without sacrificing spatial or visual ambition
- The ways different geographies and cultures are reinterpreting the home in response to their specific social and environmental contexts
- How diversity and equity are shaping brief-writing and architectural outcomes in contemporary domestic projects
- The role of emerging technologies, including AI, in defining what the house of tomorrow might look like and how it might function
About the Author
Ellie Stathaki is the author of Future Homes, brought together under the RIBA Publishing imprint. Further biographical details are not provided in the source material.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 208
- Dimensions: 210 × 250 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781915722645
- Publisher: RIBA Publishing
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and interior designers tracking where residential design is headed, students exploring human-centred and sustainable housing, and design enthusiasts interested in how global practices are reimagining the home under real-world pressures.