A comprehensive Sourcebook containing over 900 individual listings of building products and services. Timber framing, Log building, Strawbale construction, Clay infill systems, Natural building, Design & Planing, Tools and equipment, Natural building products, Traditional building crafts and Sustainable wood suppliers and more are included.
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A unique and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and acedemic architectural reference book collections, The Alternative Building Sourcebook will prove to be an invaluable resource for student, neophyte and even experienced architects. Of special utility are the sections devoted to internet websites and email address, subject listings, and company index.--James A. Cox -- Internet Bookwatch, September 1998
Over the years as a professional timber framer, Steve Chappell of Fox Maple School of Traditional Building (the people behind Joiners' Quarterly magazine) has met a lot of people; no small number of them offering unusual and hard-to-find goods and services of value to those interested in natural and sustainable housing. Over 900 indexed entries interspersed with photos and short articles about traditional and natural building techniques fill 140 pages. It's fun to go through the listings, taking mental notes; stumbling across answers to arcane bits of long-term wonderings; following up on leads; finding those magic contacts that never would have been found; and knowing that the big payoff will come six months down the road when a positive need to find hemp fiberboard, seagrass carpet, or a one-man sawmill with built-in edger without delay will arise.--Mark Piepkorn -- The Last Straw, issue#23, Fall 1998
The SOURCEBOOK is unique among green building guides in its exclusive focus on natural building methods, such as strawbale, clay infill, cob, thatch and timber framing. Useful information on associated products, services, and tools is also provided. For builders, architects, and lay people interested in natural building, The Alternative Building Sourcebook makes an excellent reference. -- Environmental Building News, April 1998
This is not just another directory of green building materials. The result is a rich compilation of helpful businesses, rounded out with instructive essays, illustrations, and sidebars. Resource categories include suppliers, publications, schools, software, videos, and workshops and conferences. I'll be using this book for a long time.--Carol Venolia -- Building With Nature, Issue#20, March 1999
Over the years as a professional timber framer, Steve Chappell of Fox Maple School of Traditional Building (the people behind Joiners' Quarterly magazine) has met a lot of people; no small number of them offering unusual and hard-to-find goods and services of value to those interested in natural and sustainable housing. Over 900 indexed entries interspersed with photos and short articles about traditional and natural building techniques fill 140 pages. It's fun to go through the listings, taking mental notes; stumbling across answers to arcane bits of long-term wonderings; following up on leads; finding those magic contacts that never would have been found; and knowing that the big payoff will come six months down the road when a positive need to find hemp fiberboard, seagrass carpet, or a one-man sawmill with built-in edger without delay will arise.--Mark Piepkorn -- The Last Straw, issue#23, Fall 1998
The SOURCEBOOK is unique among green building guides in its exclusive focus on natural building methods, such as strawbale, clay infill, cob, thatch and timber framing. Useful information on associated products, services, and tools is also provided. For builders, architects, and lay people interested in natural building, The Alternative Building Sourcebook makes an excellent reference. -- Environmental Building News, April 1998
This is not just another directory of green building materials. The result is a rich compilation of helpful businesses, rounded out with instructive essays, illustrations, and sidebars. Resource categories include suppliers, publications, schools, software, videos, and workshops and conferences. I'll be using this book for a long time.--Carol Venolia -- Building With Nature, Issue#20, March 1999
From the Publisher
We have attempted to make this SOURCEBOOK comprehensive and easy to use. To make it easy to find any and all sources available for a given product or service, companies have been listed in up to three categories. In addition to category listings, an alphabetical company directory, internet web sites and email addresses, and subject indexes are included. For the most part, the listings are small progressive companies and dedicated individuals who have devoted themselves to their own unique style of building, design, or product manufacturing, and who care about quality and the environment. We encourage you to take advantage of their hard work by using this resource to serve all of your building needs.
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