Sander Architects is an So-Cal based design firm specializing in high-design contemporary architecture through a hybrid of prefab and standard building techniques. Sander Architects is the international award-winning firm whose approach to contemporary residential design is making waves in the architecture world. Their Hybrid House uses components of prefab technology to create homes that are custom designed for each client. Homes that are not only green but also very high design. This is a time of extraordinary change for practitioners in the design fields and Sander Architects are a young exciting firm determined to be at the forefront of green architecture. Sander Architects have been awarded the Dedalo Minosse International Award for Architecture in 2002 and 2004, along with Pritzker Prize winners Richard Meier and Hans Hollein. Numerous other national awards include AIA awards in 1996 and 2003, Architecture Magazine's Home of the Year, and Architectural Record's House of the Month. Publications include magazines such as Dwell, GA: Global Architecture, New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Magazine as well as books such as Another 100 of the World's Best Houses, noted local architecture critic Michael Webb's Brave New Houses, Adventures in Southern California Living, and various titles by author James Grayson Truelove. Recently the firm was a semi-finalist in the Global Green Sustainable Housing competition, sponsored by Brad Pitt, to design low-income housing for post-Katrina New Orleans. Specialties: Green building materials, interior design using eco-friendly materials, experienced lecturer to museums, universities and professional groups on contemporary architecture + design, green design, prefab and green materials