The postwar avant-garde proposed alternatives, such as Yves Klein’s “architecture of air” – which imagined traditional building materials replaced with air, water, and fire – and the techno-utopianism of Buckminster Fuller, which explored new forms and construction techniques and their connection to the environment. Yet a culture of mass consumerism continues to produce buildings disengaged with their context – at even greater environmental cost. “Air Houses: Design for a New Climate” looks back to look forward, referencing vernacular traditions and radical 20th century thinkers while prototyping a new direction for the design and fabrication of buildings. Suspended in the canopy, the Air Houses demonstrate a lighter, more flexible approach to building structures that not only provide shelter but also interact with climate conditions – accepting, rejecting, or repurposing sun, wind, and rain to optimize comfort and make the most of natural resources. They also provide a framework for plants to grow and become part of the architecture, reactivating the symbiosis between nature and structure.