Young Architect Future Homes

A series for the young architect, designer or engineer who wants to plan and build amazing future style homes and workplaces. Information is inspired by stories, photos, and architect's challenges.

- An inspiring look into the possibilities of living more sustainably using new designs, modern technology, and ingenious methods defining the future home - Provides in-depth analysis of different challenges and how designers have responded - Illustrated in full color, strongemFuture Homes/em/strong examines nearly 30 projects from across the globe that have devised a new method of thinking about residential homes - An important reference book for stakeholders such as urban planners, architects, designers, builders, and individuals considering building their own home 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.

Every spring for the last 18 years, the Architectural League of New York has invited young architects from around the world to submit their portfolios to be selected as the best of a new generation of talent. The Young Architects program has identified many of the best-known names in architecture today, including Steven Holl, Neil Denari, Billie Tsien, and Carlos Jimenez. This year's honorees are six young practices whose projects range in scale from an intimate theater to a floating football stadium.. The firms are: Douglas Pancoast, Vrinda Khanna and Robert Schultz, Sunil Bald and Yolande Daniels, Edward Mitchell, Omar Khan and Laura Gar falo, and Shih-Fu Peng and R is n Heneghan. This colorful title, the first to come out of the Young Architects program, includes photographs of built work, computer renderings, drawings, diagrams, and text, all in an inspiring mix of fresh ideas and creative vision. An introductory essay by Nina Rappaport provides an overview of current state of architectural practice. Future volumes of Young Architects will appear annually; these titles will serve as a guide to tomorrow's architectural luminaries.

"Architects design and plan for the world of tomorrow. Will less available land mean buildings will be taller to fit more people? Will new materials and energy sources help heat and cool our homes? An architect's notebook helps answer these and other questions in Futuristic Homes."--Page 4 of cover.

The architects, selected by the Architectural League of New York in their annual Young Architects Competition, present forward-thinking projects that imagine an effective role for architecture in the years to come. -- back cover.

Do You Need to Build a Home That Will Last into the Future? Recognise the Signs! Let's face it: our lives change. We transition from single to couple, to young family, to growing family, to empty-nester, to retirement. Would you love to live in a home that adapts to different phases of your life, so you'd need to move less often? Is it possible to build such a home? Is this your current life? You are part of a busy family with young children, caught in the daily morning rush hour, and you often wonder if you locked the doors before you left?You are part of a growing family, with teenagers who need more space and privacy?You are an empty-nester looking for a low-maintenance, comfortable, safe home for your golden years. This book teaches you about building concepts and prepares you to thoughtfully design your Future Home-a home that adapts to different phases of your life, reducing your need to move. Imagine the cost, effort, and stress you eliminate when you design, build, and live in a home that's suited to your changing needs. This book also shares industry secrets and perspectives not often disclosed by real estate agents and investors. What are the long-term design features that matter to Future Home owners? What types of homes will many homeowners desire five or ten years from now? How do you incorporate the passage of time into your home design budget? How do you future-proof your home? This book is a must read before you plan to build or renovate your dream home. When you plan, design and build your dream home using Future Home concept, you'll never have to move out of the area you love to live in or buy another home whenever your life changes, saving you the stress and cost of moving home.

'Young-Old' examines contemporary architectural and urban mutations that have emerged as a consequence of one of the key demographic transformations of our time: population aging. Distinguishing between different phases of old age, it identifies the group known as the "Young-Old" as a remarkable petri dish for experimental forms of subjectivity, collectivity, and environment. In investigating this field of latent urban and architectural novelty, 'Young-Old' asserts both the escapist and emancipatory dimensions of these practices. Richly illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs, the volume documents phenomena ranging from the continuous, golf cart accessible urban landscapes of the world's largest retirement community in Florida and the mono-national urbanizaciones of "the retirement home of Europe" on Costa del Sol, to the Dutch-themed residential community at Huis Ten Bosch in the south of Japan. AUTHOR: Deane Simpson is an architect and urbanist teaching at the Royal Danish Academy School of Architecture Copenhagen and at BAS Bergen, where he is professor of architecture and urbanism. 250 illustrations