A world without wonder and a way of mind without wonder, becomes
a world without imagination, and without imagination man is a
poor and stunted creature.
-Henry Beston
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Books
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Serious Straw Bale
Bergeron and Lacinski's new book is the first to look carefully at the specific design considerations critical to success with a straw bale building in more extreme climates-where seasonal changes in temperature, precipitation, and humidity create special stresses that builders must understand and address.
A Timeless Way of Building
The Timeless Way of Building is the introductory volume in the Center for Environmental Structure series. Christopher Alexander presents in it a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have always pulled the order of their world from their own being.
The Solar House
This text presents a relatively nontechnical description of passive solar heating and cooling principles that can be used in the construction of homes heated and cooled simply through the absorption or dissipation of sunlight. The author, who has designed a number of these homes, discusses region-specific design strategies, the integration of environmentally friendly back-up heat, the maintenance of indoor air quality, and step- by-step design processes.
The Cob Builders Handbook
A step by step, user friendly guide on how to make your own hand-sculpted earth home! 180 pages with lots of illustrations.
Art of Natural Building
This comprehensive introduction to the natural building field is for lay people, architects, and designers who wish to build beautiful, low-cost, and environmentally-sensible structures.
The Passive Solar House
Heavily illustrated, with color photos and easy-to-use formulas, passive solar is perfect for anyone considering a building project which maximizes energy efficiency. The author's clear, simple presentation of the basics combined with his technical authority make the material accessible to the owner/builder, professional contractor, or architectural student.
The Hand-Sculpted House
This practical and inspiring hands-on guide teaches anyone from a rank beginner to a conventional architect how to design and build a cozy and beautiful cob home.
The Straw Bale House
Whether you build an entire house or something more modest-a home office or studio, a retreat cabin or guest cottage-plastered straw bale construction is an exceptionally durable and inexpensive option. What's more, it's fun, because the technique is easy to learn and easy to do yourself.
Building with Cob
A great new practical guide to cob building by our compatriots in Cornwall, England---read this book!
Web Sites
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DCAT
Organization that supports the development and use of sustainable technology.
Green Home Building
A great source of information about sustainable architecture and natural building.
Mother Earth News
Providing information on building, gardening, and homesteading for decades now.
Cob Cottage Company
Cob elders Ianto Evans, Linda Smiley, and company.
House Alive!
Teaches natural building workshops, located in Jacksonville oregon.
Cobworks
Doing permitted Cob on Mayne island and around BC Canada.
Riven Wood Crafts
Custom furniture and other useful items using traditional tools and techniques
Canelo Project
Strawbale and natural building experts in south eastern Arizona.
Cobworkshops.org
An extensive listing of cob and cob-related workshops across North America. A great resource to view workshops offered by a variety of groups.
Fox Maple School of Traditional
One of the oldest Timber Framing and traditional building schools in the US. Located in western Maine.
Ancient Earth
Ancient Earth School of Natural Building located on Whidbey Island, WA. Offering a variety of shorter natural building courses along with an intensive apprenticeship program.
Cob in Cornwall
This is SGNB's sister company in Cornwall, England that specializes in traditional English cob building and restoration, lime plastering, and innovative natural building.
From These Hands
From These Hands is a natural building company working in Portland, OR, run by Sukita Crimell.
Yestermorrow Design/Build School
Offering design and construction courses on a range of topics from timber framing and cob to plumbing and stained glass. Located in beautiful Vermont.
Kiko Denzer
Kiko Builds beautiful cob ovens, cob and plaster projects with kids, and beautiful art work made with natural plaster.
Hobbit Homes
Cob builders out of British Columbia offering contracting and workshops.
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