This issue of a+u features projects of a small and sustainable nature. From the passive house in Bessancourt, France, by Karawitz Architecture and a solar house in the Aosta Valley, Italy, by Studio ALBORI, to TYIN tegnestue Architects’ Safe Haven Library and Bathhouse in Thailand and Virginia Tech Center’s ‘Lumenhaus’ in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, the global range of projects herein are all examples of how architecture can contribute to realizing a sustainable society in the future.

This issue of a+u features projects of a small and sustainable nature. From the passive house in Bessancourt, France, by Karawitz Architecture and a solar house in the Aosta Valley, Italy, by Studio ALBORI, to TYIN tegnestue Architects’ Safe Haven Library and Bathhouse in Thailand and Virginia Tech Center’s ‘Lumenhaus’ in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, the global range of projects herein are all examples of how architecture can contribute to realizing a sustainable society in the future. Also included is an essay on the C2C (‘cradle to cradle’) concept, as investigated by the Belgian research collective Rotor.