本书为那些渴望享受大自然宁静的人从全球精选了50座住宅，这些住宅在建筑和设计方面都达到了生态可持续和创新的突破。

想寻找完美的地方逃离城市生活和交通拥堵吗？本书介绍了各种对环境影响很小的住宅和静修地，这些建筑使用环保材料和技术来减少排碳和能源需求，并且都是在过去十年内建造的。人们对回归自然和居家生活日益浓厚的兴趣发挥了作用，许多新建筑是与自然保持联系的可持续性代表作，它们远离疯狂的人群，但又不**于特定的少数人。

For those who crave the tranquility of nature, fifty houses selected from around the world with the most ecologically sustainable and innovative breakthroughs in architecture and design.

Seeking the perfect escape from city life and congestion? This book is filled with environmentally low-impact homes and retreats using eco-friendly materials and technology that reduce the carbon footprint and lower its energy needs, all built within the past ten years. The broadening interest in back to nature and homesteading plays a role, and many new structures are examples of sustainability that are in touch with nature, far from the madding crowd but not only for the select few.

International in scope, the book is an A to Z of ideas for the twenty-first century, from a pavilion in Argentina to a forest house in New Zealand, all designed to have minimal architectural traces--made with local materials that harmonize with the surrounding environment. An outdoor care retreat outside Oslo provides space where visitors can benefit from the therapeutic qualities of nature; a residence in Tottori, Japan, adapts with the changing seasons; a treehouse in Cape Town uses cylindrical towers that are elevated on stilts, offering views among the trees; and in Quebec, three geodesic domes were designed as part of an eco-tourism project to highlight the area's natural beauty. Each house is paired with photographs and plans.