{"product_id":"xs-big-ideas-in-smallscale-building","title":"XS: Big Ideas in Small-Scale Building","description":"\u003cp\u003eA follow-up to the highly successful XS: Big Ideas  Small Buildings  this book features contemporary solutions to two of todays most challenging problems-how to conserve space and help save the environment. The design goals of the 40 houses included here are to build as small as possible  to harmonize with the site  to use natural heating and cooling techniques  and  above all  to combine aesthetic beauty with ecological sensitivity. The houses are striking in appearance  inexpensive to build  and totally functional  and will serve as inspiration for architects and potential owners.Designed by a variety of young international architects (among them Patkau  ShoP  Sean Godsel  and Klein Dytham) the projects featured here reveal an extraordinary degree of ingenuity within a tight  creative context or budget. As homeowners become more environmentally savvy and demand environmentally sound choices  a new generation of architects and builders is creating warm  inviting homes that cause only a fraction of the ecological impact of conventional building methods. The book is also a compelling manifesto that illustrates how ecological responsibility can reinvigorate contemporary architecture. Sustainability is not just good for the environment-it also propels architects toward new innovations and greater creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964120395829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0789306425","price":55.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780789306425.jpg?v=1770449813","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/xs-big-ideas-in-smallscale-building","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}