Clarke Snell
Autor(a) de Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods
Obras por Clarke Snell
The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding Solar * Straw Bale * Cob * Adobe * Earth Plaster… (2004) 55 exemplares
Building Green, New Edition: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods (2009) 42 exemplares
Building Storage with Style: 20 Great-Looking Projects from Off-the-Shelf Lumber (2006) 15 exemplares
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- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 255
- Popularidade
- #89,877
- Avaliação
- 4.2
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- 1
- ISBN
- 6
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- 1
The book is mostly about design and problem-solving principles that could apply to any thoughtfully sited and well-built house. There are lots of step-by-step instructions, but they're there to illustrate principles rather than teach you every possible building technique. The authors are also super-pragmatic about their use of natural building techniques and warn you against jumping on the eco bandwagon for no reason.
In fact, I decided that if we end up building our dream house, we're not likely to use any of these techniques (with the exception of lath and plaster on a stick frame). I will probably seek out another title that discusses eco-friendly stick houses in more depth, but I'm glad that I started with this book to orient me.… (mais)