HOUSES OF THE FUTURE

The Wall Street Journal has already-innovative architects imagine homes of the future. Be sure to get to the "ice block batteries" that actually exist at BofA headquarters in NYC.

Great sentence: "The 'bark' of the treelike house would be thin, insulating films that would self-clean and self-heal, Mr. McDonough says, thus avoiding the need to replace them after years of exposure to the elements."