From treehouses to pre-fabs, this book presents sustainable, micro-green living at its best. Micro Green delves into the concept of compact living and demonstrates the possibilities of living with less while maintaining a rich life. As sustainable architecture becomes mainstream, many architects and designers are using technology and wit to experiment with what it means to be green, and the results are both effective and enthralling. The rustic treehouses, airy domes, and recycled-scrap structures of Micro Green are presented through vivid photography and detailed building plans, and display a range of environmental influences. Here living spaces are carved out of hillsides, trees rise through decks and floors, and walls melt seamlessly back into the surrounding woods. Though many of the homes chronicled in Micro Green are unique in design, their economical size and ingenious interior spaces are the epitome of practicality and illustrate an acute understanding of compact living and its potential for rural, suburban, and even urban ecosystems. Small in both carbon and architectural footprint, the dwellings in Micro Green have large implications for the global movements of eco-consciousness and sustainability.
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“An anti-McMansion manifesto, this book surveys sustainability built houses whose owners gave up space for social conscience.” ~Details
“Mimi Zeiger has captured the lifestyle of downsizing in her new book, Micro Green: Tiny Houses in Nature (Rizzoli, 2011). From dwellings that utilize structures in the woods, to homes built on wheels, Zeiger has shown the art of compact living through thirty-six different and unique examples.” ~Cottages-Gardens.com
“Zeiger features a range of environmentally friendly tiny dwellings from across the globe in her luscious book…” ~Mother Earth News
“Mimi Zeiger has captured the lifestyle of downsizing in her new book, Micro Green: Tiny Houses in Nature (Rizzoli, 2011). From dwellings that utilize structures in the woods, to homes built on wheels, Zeiger has shown the art of compact living through thirty-six different and unique examples.” ~Cottages-Gardens.com
“Zeiger features a range of environmentally friendly tiny dwellings from across the globe in her luscious book…” ~Mother Earth News
About the Author
Mimi Zeiger is the author of Micro Green. She founded loud paper, an architecture zine and now blog, in 1997. A Brooklyn-based freelancer, Zeiger writes on art, architecture, and design for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Dwell, Azure, and Architect, where she is a contributing editor. She holds a Masters of Architecture degree from Southern California Institute (SCI-Arc) and a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and has taught at California College of the Arts and at SCI- Arc. She is the author of New Museums: Contemporary Museum Architecture Around the World and Tiny Houses, which was featured in Time magazine and the Los Angeles Times.
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By Rockguy30
One of the better eye-candy micro-housing books that has come out in quite some time....a huge array of stiles, from the rustic and d.i.y., to the overly modern (and expensive), Micro-Green certainly will hook you regardless of your tastes or principals. Some of the ideas aren't so practical, but that's half the fun and beauty of this book....some very wild ideas in this one.
For fans of the tiny house books of: Lloyd Kahn, Ruth Slavid, and Derek Diedricksen
For fans of the tiny house books of: Lloyd Kahn, Ruth Slavid, and Derek Diedricksen
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Book contains some really interesting ideas about going small and going green. I wish it was a bit more technical.
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nice book , a pleasure to look through. a nice small book to leave around on the coffee table for casual viewing.
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