Includes index

1 Built to look at nature --
House of the infinite / Alberto Campo Baeza --
Glass house / Philip Johnson --
Pika house / Selldorf Architects --
Holman house / Durbach Block Jaggers --
Sun Valley house / Rick Joy Architects --
Douglas house / Richard Meier & Partners Architects --
Paraty house / Studio MK27 --
Fogo Island studios / Saunders Architecture --
Rainforest Retreat / Agathom Co. --
Hadaway house / Patkau Architects --
Midden Garden Pavilion / Metropolis --
The water house / Li Xiaodong Atelier --
Treehouse Solling / Baumraum --
Villa Mecklin / Huttunen Lipasti Pakkanen Architects --
Alpine shelter / Rieder Smart Elements and OFIS Arhitekti --
Cliff house / MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects --
Stamp house / Charles Wright Architects --
Farnsworth house / Mies van der Rohe --
Casa Ghat / Max Núñez Arquitectos --
2 Built within nature --
Lightbox / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson --
Villa, gallery in Karuizawa / Makoto Yamaguchi Design --
Delta shelter / Olson Kundig --
Ring house / TNA, Makoto Takei & Chie Nabeshima --
Glenburn house / Sean Godsell Architects --
MIMA light / MIMA --
Croft house / James Stockwell Architect --
Montauk house / John Pawson --
Hayes residence / Travis Price Architects --
Casa Candelaria / Cherem Arquitectos --
Villa Vals / SeARCH and CMA ; Rural Icelandic cottages / PK Arkitektar --
Square house / TNA, Makoto Takei & Chie Nabeshima --
House on a stream / Architecture BRIO --
Edgeland house / Bercy Chen Studio --
Nasu tepee / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP --
Malator house / Future Systems --
Mimetic house / Dominic Stevens Architects --
Pachacamac Hill house / Longhi Architects --
Passage house / TNA, Makoto Takei & Chie Nabeshima --
3 Built with nature : House before house / Sou Fujimoto Architects --
Casa Malaparte / Adalberto Libera and Curzio Malaparte --
Earth house / Jolson --
Father's house in Jade Mountain / MADA s.p.a.m. --
Dragspel house / Natrufied Architecture --
Fallngwater / Frank Lloyd Wright --
House in the outskirts of Brussels --
Aloni / Deca Architecture --
Casa Canoas / Oscar Niemeyer --
M2 Hill house / BIG --
Notona / Not Vital --
The Pierre / Olson Kundig --
Bjellandsbu hunting lodge / Snøhetta --
Moledo house / Eduardo Souto de Moura --
Pound Ridge house / Kieran Timberlake --
Tolo house / Álvaro Leite Siza Viera --
Cabin Knapphullet / Lund Hagem Arkitekter --
Too tall teahouse / Terunobu Fujimori --
Casa Meztitla / EDAA --
Riparian house / Architecture BRIO --

"60 stunning works of contemporary architecture, all of which have a special relationship with the natural landscape Elemental Living presents 60 works of architecture from across the 20th and 21st centuries that have a special relationship with the natural world. The book includes a visually breathtaking selection of architect-created houses that have been designed to create unparalleled views of a wide variety of natural landscapes; designed to be almost indistinguishable from the natural landscape; or designed using materials and forms found in the natural landscape. Each house demonstrates a deep concern with the creation of unique living spaces that connect their inhabitants with the forests, mountains, lakes, deserts, and oceans that have attracted humanity for millennia."--Publisher's description.