Xs Future: New Ideas, Small Structures B sometimes dark

sometimes dark

working with models

In recent years a new breed of Australian architects has boldly challenged the nostalgia of the rural mythology with its now-overused metaphors of bush andbeach in favor of a distinctly new urban sensibility defined by a strong sense of process and exploration

bejewelled with rare and precious stones and crafted to perfection

And what happens to an all-too willful child

Xs Future: New Ideas, Small Structures B sometimes darkXS Future, the third volume in the successful XS series, focuses on two of today's most challenging design problems how to conserve space and help preserve the environment. The houses that are profiled here all represent striking, cost effective, functional solutions located "at the edge of possibility" remote locations previously deemed unbuildable, sites that face extreme environmental conditions, or simply, designs so daringly provocative that they