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Sustainability, by no means a passing trend, is the necessary direction that architecture will have to take in the near future. The projects in this volume are excellent examples of the wide variety of alternative materials which can be used in construction: adobe, sandbags, cardboard, straw bales, rammed earth and more have been put to efficient use in climes ranging from the frozen north, to windswept beaches to sun-baked deserts. Work is included by such masters as Shigeru Ban, William McDonough and Simon Velez, each of whom has demonstrated that pragmatism can be whimsical, imaginative and aesthetically pleasing. This is an indispensable reference for the future state of architecture.