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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * Earth Plaster * & More
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher 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 AuthorClarke 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. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment: 
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