• Explore how the unique characteristics of Southern vernacular houses were incorporated into seven different building forms-Single House, Creole Cottage, I-House, Shotgun, Beaufort Freedman's Cottage, T-House, and the Dogtrot-and how these forms inform contemporary design;
  
• Discover how the precepts of Southern vernacular architecture-refined over generations to respond to the local climate, materials, and context-offer time-tested direction for guarding against mold and rot, minimizing hurricane damage, reducing energy consumption, and overcoming other challenges of creating residential buildings in the South;
  
• Identify how using the vernacular concepts gives a project a head start on sustainability;
  
• Learn from nine sustainable, resilient residential case studies, complete with photographs and design sketches; and
  
• Become equipped to have thoughtful, knowledgeable discussions with designers, architects, and builders on detailing a sustainable, resilient house.
  

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