The trend watchers over at Cool Hunting just wrote about Ruth Slavid’s new book Extreme Architecture: Building For Challenging Environments. The book is divided into five sections that cover the major challenges the environment poses when building a structure — hot, cold, high, wet, and space. I love to see how people deal with the tricky environmental factors of their location, and Slavid’s book gives a good look into solutions with tons of information and stunningly beautiful photographs. The book will be available in August through Chronicle Books. — Erica P.