DVDs
Learning
to Build (With Straw) and Power (With Solar) a Home by DVD (4/8/06:
Washington Post) - is a review of one DVD
Building With Awareness - The Construction of a Hybrid Home is
$35.00 and the shipping is free (Amazon.com) - is one of the two DVDs
mentioned in the above review. |
Solar
Understanding and Installing Your Own Solar Electric System
Masonry
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Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction by Thomas J. Elpel |
The Book of Masonry Stoves - by David Lyle |
Stone Masonry
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Building Stone Walls by John Vivian
Stonework: Techniques and Projects by Charles McRaven
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Building With Stone by Charles McRaven
Stone Mason's Dreampack Be informed before you build! |
The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for
Owner-Builders by Charles K. Long
Stone Masonry Construction (A Brief Overview)
Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction by Thomas J. Elpel |
Strawbale
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Building with Earth and Straw by Bruce King, P.E.
The Beauty of Strawbale Homes by Bill and Athena Steen
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Strawbale Home-Builder's Dreampack Be informed before you
build!
Strawbale Homebuilding Edited by Alan T. Gray and Anne Hall |
Straw Bale Details: A Manual for Designers and Builders
by
Chris Magwood & Chris Walker
Straw Bale Building: How to plan, design & build with straw
by
Chris Magwood & Peter Mack
The Strawbale House
by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen,
David Bainbridge & David Eisenberg.
Strawbale Construction (A Brief Overview)
Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction by Thomas J. Elpel
Serious Strawbale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates by Paul Lacinski, Bergeron Lacinski & Michel Bergeron
Build It With Bales: A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale
Construction, Version Two by S. O. MacDonald, Matts Myhrman |
Log Homes
Log Construction Manual by Robert W. Chambers
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Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction by Thomas J. Elpel |
"How-to" Build This Log Cabin for $3,000 by John McPherson
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Timber Frame Construction
Timber Frame Construction by Jack Sobon & Roger Schroeder
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Build a Classic Timber-Framed House by Jack Sobon
A Timber Framer's Workshop by Steve Chappell |
Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction by Thomas J. Elpel
Timber-Framer's Dreampack Be informed before you build! |
Papercrete House
Building with Papercrete and Paper Adobe
Cordwood Construction
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Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding: The Earthwood
Method - by Rob Roy |
Cordwood Construction: A Log End View - by Richard Flatau |
Others
The Straw Bale House
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SHELTER Online
Sustainable Design &
Development Resources:
Favorite Books
(book titles)
village earth.org's:
Housing and Construction has reviews on an enormous number of books
on this subject. |
The Natural House Book
The Complete Book Of
Underground Houses
GIMME SHELTER: Low-cost,
energy-efficient houses you can build yourself!
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The Real Goods Independent Builder
.....by Sam Clark
The New Independent Home
................by Michael Potts
The Natural House
...............................by Daniel Chiras
The Art of Natural Building
....................by Kennedy, Smith and Wanek
The Whole House Book
.........................by Pat Borer and Cindy Harris
The Solar House
...................................by Daniel Chiras
The Passive Solar House
.......................by James Kachadorian
Earthship: How to Build Your Own
..........by Michael E. Reynolds
The Rammed Earth House
.....................by David Easton and Cynthia Wright
The Rammed Earth Renaissance (Video) by David Easton and
Cynthia Wright
Building with Earth and Straw
................by Bruce King, P.E.
Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture
.by Nader Khalili
Building with Earth
...............................by Paulina Wojciechowska
Cob Builders Handbook
........................by Becky Bee
The Hand-Sculpted House
....................by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, and
Linda Smiley
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