About the Author

Julie Torres Moskovitz is the principle of the New York architecture firm Fabrica 718. She teaches graduate design studio at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Prior to forming Fabrica 718 she worked for Gluckman Mayner Architects, Lyn Rice Architects and MADE. Torres Moskovitz completed Passive House Training and is LEED certified.

Reviews

A visual and practical guide to some remarkable passive houses around the world. What's really striking is just how modern, airy and inviting they look. -- NationalGeographic.com
Chock full of beautiful images along with lots of great technical info that should answer any of your more serious questions about the nature of passive house construction. - Inhabitat
Gorgeous drool-worthy residences designed around the most stringent guidelines for sustainability. -- Fast Company
Julie Torres Moskovitz, who designed New York's first certified Passive House, finished her first book, The Greenest Home (Princeton Architectural Press), about the first wave of ultra green homes in the United States. -- Dwell
Succeeds as eye-candy while at the same time has enough drawings and blower door test results to engage the Passive House geek. -- Earth Techling
This spectacular coffee-table book allows conscientious real estate droolers to ogle glamorous modern private homes, primarily of post-Koolhaas European design, without feeling guilty. They won't kill the planet, but they are, nevertheless, to die for. -- Village Voice