| Description |
1 online resource (498 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Contents -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An Open Door -- Part One: The Context for Natural Building -- Chapter 1: The Case for Natural Building -- Chapter 2: Natural Building: A Global Tradition -- Chapter 3: The Importance of Housing Ourselves -- Chapter 4: Natural Building and Social Justice -- Chapter 5: Sustainability and Building Codes -- Chapter 6: Can My Natural Home Get a LEED Rating? -- Chapter 7: Life-Cycle Cost and Value of Four Homes -- Chapter 8: In Defense of Craft -- Part Two: Design and Planning -- Chapter 9: Designing for Vitality -- Chapter 10: The Healthy House -- Chapter 11: Eighteen Design Principles to Make Square Feet Work Harder -- Chapter 12: Designing with the Sun -- Chapter 13: Natural Building for Cold Climates -- Chapter 14: Hybrid Homes: Combining Natural Materials for Energy Efficiency -- Chapter 15: Remodeling With Natural Materials -- Chapter 16: Siting a Natural Building -- Chapter 17: The Permaculture House -- Chapter 18: Complementary Systems for Energy-Efficient Homes -- Chapter 19: Regenerative Building: An Ecological Approach -- Chapter 20: Building the Natural Village: A Strategy for Repairing Cities -- Part Three: Natural Building Materials and Techniques -- Chapter 21: Natural Building Materials: An Overview -- Chapter 22: Foundations for Natural Buildings -- Chapter 23: Stone Masonry -- Chapter 24: Adobe Building -- Chapter 25: A Brief History of Cob Building -- Chapter 26: Rammed Earth: From Pisé to PISE -- Chapter 27: Compressed Earth Blocks -- Chapter 28: Building with Earthbags -- Color Section -- Chapter 29: Digging in for Comfort -- Chapter 30: Cordwood Masonry: An Overview -- Chapter 31: Straw Bale Building: Lessons Learned -- Chapter 32: Building with Hemp |
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Chapter 33: Light-Clay: An Introduction to German Clay Building Techniques -- Chapter 34: Wattle and Daub -- Chapter 35: The Evolution of Timber Framing -- Chapter 36: The Art of Timber Framing -- Chapter 37: Small-Diameter Roundwood: An Underused Building Material -- Chapter 38: Bamboo Construction -- Chapter 39: Waste Not, Want Not: Building with Trash -- Chapter 40: Earthships: An Ecocentric Model -- Chapter 41: Papercrete: Homes from Waste Paper -- Chapter 42: Roofs for Natural Building -- Chapter 43: Green Roofs with Sod, Turf or Straw -- Chapter 44: Thatching Comes to America -- Chapter 45: Natural Insulation -- Chapter 46: Rice Hulls for Insulation -- Chapter 47: Earthen Floors -- Chapter 48: Earth Plasters and Alis -- Chapter 49: Working with Lime -- Chapter 50: Natural Paints and Finishes -- Part Four: Building the Global Village -- Chapter 51: Shelter and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 52: Sustainable Building as Appropriate Technology -- Chapter 53: Woodless Construction in the Sahel -- Chapter 54: Straw Bales in China: Housing for the People -- Chapter 55: Improving Vernacular Housing in Western China -- Chapter 56: PAKSBAB: Seismically Safe Straw Bale Buildings in Pakistan -- Chapter 57: Earthen Building Comes to Thailand -- Chapter 58: Natural Building Thrives in Argentina -- Chapter 59: Builders Without Borders -- Chapter 60: Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities -- Chapter 61: Tlholego Village -- A Sustainable Community in South Africa -- Chapter 62: Building with Earth in Auroville -- Chapter 63: Friland: Affordable Housing in Community -- Chapter 64: Evolving a Village Vernacular in Missouri -- Index |
| Summary |
The original, complete, user-friendly introduction to natural building, now fully revised and updated |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dwellings -- Design and construction -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Michael
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Kennedy, Joseph F
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| ISBN |
9781550925609 |
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1550925601 |
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