忘掉麦氏豪宅吧！现在的预算不比从前了，房子变小了，生活方式正在飞速改变。现在的客户想要建造的是这样一个家：容易打理，对环境负责，建造成本低。

从玻璃小木屋到敷铜箔的树屋，《富有创意的小房子》收录了来自世界的50多所住宅，有北美和南美的，有欧洲的，亚洲的，还有澳洲的。去发现如何使用灵活的空间和充分利用一块狭窄的空地，以及如何在处理出现的生态问题和飞涨的能量账单的同时，利用好每一平方英尺的生存空间。给出的例子包括将瑞士的一个山区谷仓改造成一个现代度假屋；在平板卡车的拖车底盘上建造一座移动房屋（可以在美国的公路上运输）；日本的一座下沉式的、带有可移动隔板的房子，可以隔出来9个房间；挪威的一个夏日小木屋看起来像是悬浮在地面上，以及加拿大阿尔伯塔省野外的一座壮观的玻璃小木屋。这些作品有的出自世界**的建筑师（Steven Holl, Todd Saunders, Snøhetta和 Tadao Ando），有的出自刚入行的新型人才。

The most effective and appealing breakthroughs in houses built within the past five years—to make the most of every foot of space.

Forget the McMansions; budgets aren’t what they used to be, houses are smaller, and lifestyles are changing rapidly. Clients today want to create a home that is easy to maintain, environmentally responsible, and inexpensive to operate. Own less, live more.

Ranging from glass cabins to copper-clad tree houses, Small Innovative Houses features an international collection of more than fifty residences in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Discover how to use flexible space and make the most of a narrow lot, how to use every square foot of living space, while also responding to rising ecological concerns and skyrocketing energy bills. Examples include a mountain barn converted into a modern vacation home in Switzerland; a mobile home built on a flatbed trailer chassis that can be transported on U.S. highways; a Japanese sunken house with movable partitions that creates as many as nine rooms; a summer cabin in Norway that appears to float above the ground; and a spectacular glass cabin in the wilds of Alberta, Canada. From world-famous architects (Steven Holl, Todd Saunders, Snøhetta, and Tadao Ando) to the freshest new talent, this book reveals architectural invention on a whole new small scale.