Natural Timber Frame Homes Building with Wood, Stone, Clay, and Straw

Name: Natural Timber Frame Homes Building with Wood, Stone, Clay, and Straw
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ISBN: 9781586858605

ISBN-10: 1586858602

ISBN-13: 9781586858605

Edition: 2007

Authors: Wayne Bingham, Jerod Pfeffer

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Natural Timber Frame Homes Building with Wood, Stone, Clay, and Straw Wayne J. Bingham and Jerod Pfeffer Natural Timber Frame Homes is a book about the future of houses-those inspired not by a technology-governed and energy-intensive world, but instead developed organically in response to the places in which we live. Through beautiful photography and informed text, Natural Timber Frame Homes explores the quiet splendor of traditional timber frame homes built with straw bales and plaster or clay-finished walls. Author was instrumental in developing and building. The AIA Habitat for Humanity house, and served as chairperson of the AIA Committee on the Environment.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Publication date: 4/12/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Jerod Pfeffer combines a background in carpentry with a formal education in photography and journalism. A lifelong woodworker, Jerod teaches others the craft of timberframing and hand-tool woodworking through demonstrations and workshops. He lives in Idaho.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


America's Approach to Building


Sources of Materials


Local Materials and Renewable Energy


Challenging Basic Assumptions


Life Without Oil


Environmental and Human Health


Diverse and Stable Economies


Benefits of Building Your Own Home


Beautiful, Natural, Hand-Built Homes


Evaluating the Problem of Conventional Building


Toxic Interior Environments


Impact of Conventional Building


Owner Involvement in a Building Project


Differences Between Conventional and Naturally Built Houses


Making the Case for Natural Timber Frames


Protection of Our Place


Preservation of Personal Health


Economic Interactions


Construction of Your Own Home


Size of Your Natural Timber Frame Home


Hand Tools Vs. Power Tools


Price of Tools


Beauty of Natural Structures


Getting to Know Our Place


The Bioregion


Indigenous Materials


Wood


Stone


Clay


Straw


Sun


Putting It All Together


A Plan


Purpose of Foundations


Conventional Foundations


Dry-Stacked Stone Foundation System


Timber Frame Plus Natural Walls


Strawbale


Clay/Straw


Plaster


Roofs


Wood Shake


Thatch


Clay Tile


Stone


Floor Plans


Resources