Housing problem is one of the most basic human problems. This paper refer to primary ecological concept of the traditional local-style dwelling houses, try to find a way, put the traditional ecological concept into use for modem residential buildings, study the applicability between traditional local-style dwelling houses and modem residential buildings.

1. Background
 2. Ecological characteristics of Chinese traditional local-style dwelling houses
 3. Applicability of putting Chinese traditional local-style dwelling houses ecologicalconcept into use for modern residential buildings
 4. Practice of applied research
 5. Conclusion
 References

• Zhoujin(Beijing University of Technology Graduate Student)