This book documents a broad range of houses that have been built around the globe in the past ten years. The 500 projects presented span all of the worlds continents and hereby provide an extensive overview of the possibilities being explored in an ever tightly woven global community. At the same time, the differences spawned by differing cultural, climatic, regional and societal backgrounds are examined. This is an essential reference work for all those interested in one of mankinds most pressing themes.