An expert in sustainable architecture and the editor of SourcesDesign team up here to tour 21 residences and businesses built with adobe, rammed earth, straw bale, and other environmentally conscientious materials and methods. More than just green, however, these buildings are also beautifully designed and furnished. The book offers commentary from the architects and homeowners on what motivated them to choose these methods and what challenges they encountered, while showing the exteriors, interiors, and gardens of their homes in 225 color photographs.