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The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * Earth Plaster * & More

by Clarke Snell

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Publisher Comments:

From Lark Books and Natural Home magazine—which has a circulation of 200,000—comes an illustrated, unique guide to building an earth-friendly home.

To create a dwelling that’s both ecologically sustainable and attractive, Natural Home magazine is the place to go. With this exquisitely illustrated guide, packed with 400 photos and illustrations, anyone can put environmentally friendly ideas into beautiful practice. Here’s an intelligent look at how a home is supposed to function and a variety of different building approaches. What’s important is finding the right solution to fit your individual needs, local climate, and natural resources. The broad range of topics covered include choosing a site; selecting materials; building with straw bale, cob, adobe, or rammed earth; and plugging into alternative home power systems. Interviews with six homeowners, and photos of the dream homes they built, provide invaluable insight.

Book News Annotation:

Writing for those considering building their own home, especially those concerned with sustainable construction, the author discusses fundamental considerations. In his richly illustrated volume, he frequently refers to traditional and modern building approaches from around the world in order to demonstrate the variety of possible ways to make a building "specific to its climate, its site, its culture, and its inhabitants." He also offers close examination of six houses as exemples of proper building planning.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Clarke Snell is a builder with experience using a wide variety of materials and techniques, both conventional and alternative. The construction project closest to his heart is his own partially bermed, passive solar house, which he built in the mountains of western North Carolina.

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tbsstt, March 23, 2007 (view all comments by tbsstt)
I have not read this book as yet, but I am very insterested in building a home out of natural materials. I think that this book will be a good one to peek my husbands interest too. He is a very hard sell. Building one's own home out of natural materials can give one a sense of pride and accomplishment.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781579902810
Subtitle:
A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * Earth Plaster * & More
Author:
Snell, Clarke
Publisher:
Lark Books (NC)
Location:
New York
Subject:
Design & Construction
Subject:
Remodeling & Renovation - Energy Efficient
Subject:
Design and construction
Subject:
Construction - General
Subject:
Sustainable buildings
Subject:
Ecological houses
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
GTR-550
Publication Date:
April 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
10.22x8.22x.70 in. 2.09 lbs.

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