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Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs Tapa blanda – 28 Enero 2006

de Clarke Snell (Author), Tim Callahan (Author)
4.7 de 5 estrellas 187 calificaciones
Clarke Snell and Timothy L. Callahan, whose popular Good House Book helped environmentally-minded readers create an earth-friendly home, have returned with a photo-packed, amazingly complete, start-to-finish guide to "green" housebuilding.

This absolutely groundbreaking manual doesn't just talk about eco-friendly building techniques, but actually shows every step! More than 1,200 close-up photographs, along with in-depth descriptions, follow the real construction of an alternative house from site selection to the addition of final-touch interior details. Co-authors Clarke Snell and Timothy Callahan (a professional builder and contractor) provide thorough discussions of the fundamental concepts of construction, substitutes for conventional approaches, and planning a home that's not only comfortable and beautiful, but environmentally responsible. Then, they roll up their sleeves and get to work assembling a guest house that incorporates four different alternative building methods: straw bale, cob, cordwood, and modified stick frame. The images show every move: how the site is cleared, the basic structure put together, the cob wall sculpted, the bales and cordwood stacked, a living roof created, and more. Most important, the manual conveys real-world challenges and processes, and offers dozens of sidebars with invaluable advice. It's head and shoulders above all others in the field.
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  1. Número de páginas
    615 páginas
  2. Idioma
    Inglés
  3. Editorial
    Union Square & Co.
  4. Fecha de publicación
    28 Enero 2006
  5. Dimensiones
    8.75 x 1.5 x 10 pulgadas
  6. ISBN-10
    9781579905323
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1579905323
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Building Green, New Edition: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs
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This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. Snell, who wrote the eco-friendly The Good House Book, and Callahan, a more conventional but highly experienced builder and contractor, take readers step-by-step through the creation of a charming little guesthouse, demonstrating a variety of "green" techniques along the way. They start with an introduction to building fundamentals and how alternative materials can provide the necessities of housing: structure, climate-control and separation from as well as connection to the outer world. Next comes a mini-course in design. But the bulk of the book is hands-on: the nuts-and-bolts of siting; foundations; flooring; living (plant-covered) roofs; and cob, cordwood, straw-bale and modified stick frame walls—although the book's minimal treatment of electricity and plumbing, and how to integrate them with unfamiliar materials like cob or straw-bale, disappoints. Snell's tendency to decry the sins of modern architectural practice can become exasperating, but doesn't diminish the value of his extensive experience-derived knowledge; and the grace and beauty of the authors' building project, featuring Callahan's fine finish work, is inspiring. The abundance of color photos detailing the construction process, supplemented by examples from indigenous buildings around the world, is particularly helpful. (Jan.)
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Biografía del autor

Clarke Snell is an expert in the field of green building and self-sufficiency. Author of The Good House Book (Lark, 2004), he lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina with his wife in a partially-bermed, passive-solar house in a small intentional community they helped create.

Tim Callahan is a practicing general contractor. An experienced timber-frame builder, Tim is currently focused on residential projects of unique character.

Detalles del producto

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1579905323
  • Editorial ‏ : ‎ Union Square & Co.; Primera edición (28 Enero 2006)
  • Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
  • Tapa blanda ‏ : ‎ 615 páginas
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781579905323
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1579905323
  • Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 1.5 x 10 pulgadas
  • Opiniones de clientes:
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  • SHARON B.
    5.0 de 5 estrellas Building Green for Retirement
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 7 de abril de 2018
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    I really would love to build a green house for my retirement. I am thinking about combining timber frame, straw bale and cob in an English/Irish cottage style with some more contemporary touches like french doors to a patio. I love the timber frame structure, it is so beautiful, the straw helps insulate in colder weather and keep it cooler in hot weather and with the proper orientation of the house and windows I can maximize the light and heat from the sun. I want the main living area to be open. I would like a good portion of the cottage to be the kitchen, dinning and family living area with the bedrooms and baths toward the back of the cottage. I want to use solar passive heat, solar pannels and wood stove heat in the kitchen for cooking and a woodstove in a fireplace in the main living area just for heat and beauty. The cob over the straw bales provides a good thermal mass to keep the temperture comfortable in all seasons. The cobb is also fireproof, insect proof, prevents allergies, or at least doesn't aggrevate them and the house built like this could with stand exteme weather, even earthquakes. The building materials are less expensive and these kind of cottages can last for hundreds of years and are beautiful to look at and live in. I love all the information this book contains. It is a useful reference book to learn more about green building styles. You can also use cob to build a pizza or bread oven and create inexpensive walls around your garden.
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  • John Friedlander
    5.0 de 5 estrellas An excellent book!
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 23 de noviembre de 2012
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    This book is a great read for anyone who wants to know more about four building techniques with demonstrable "green" or "sustainable" attributes. It strikes a good balance between theory and practice, as well as moving from concept through design to execution. Beautifully illustrated with copious photos, this thick and heavy book is a pleasure to either read from cover to cover as I did, skim or pick and choose what you want to explore in greater depth. The co-authors approach the material from somewhat different viewpoints – one a bit more starry-eyed than the other, but both of them accomplished builders with pragmatic concerns about how to build structures which shelter the body, inspire the mind, and sit as gently as possible on the planet. This is all done while administering just enough – but not too much – righteous political argument about how wasteful many other methods of building and construction are.

    You don't need to know much already about the subject material to get value from this book, as it is written clearly enough to convey basic concepts to complete beginners, while providing enough detail to satisfy more advanced readers. I look forward to sharing the book with my precocious twelve year-old nephew who is fascinated with 3D computer modeling and architecture, that is, *after* I'm done with it!
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  • Deborah S.
    5.0 de 5 estrellas Inspiring and Very Helpful!
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 2 de julio de 2016
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    We build everything ourselves and pride ourselves on a truly green footprint, so bought this book for ideas about alternative building. This is a wonderful and comprehensive guide for anyone wanting to do-it-yourself in an Earth-friendly way. It has become our Bible for building--everything from our own house to the outbuildings for our chickens, goats and homestead tools.

    The book contains informative historical backgrounds for several building styles such as cob, strawbale, conventional stick framing, timeberframe, cordwood and so on, while giving real-life step-by-step instructions on how you can do it yourself. It also has sections on natural floors from dirt, stone, etc.; living roofs; drainage ideas; recycling bottles and other things as decoration, insulation and more. It is chock full of tips, and includes insightful perspectives on the things that worked well and those that did not.

    My copy of this book is well thumbed (I've read it through cover to cover several times and go back to it often). I really never get tired at looking at it and planning new projects. It is so inspiring!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 de 5 estrellas A great introduction to Natural Building
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 24 de octubre de 2023
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    This book is not a how-to, it is a very well illustrated treatise on the opportunities and limitations of several different building materials and methods. The authors take us through the construction process of a small cottage built with cob, straw bale, and cordwood.
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  • Frederick Park
    4.0 de 5 estrellas Practical and insightful
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 6 de enero de 2013
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    If you are a builder or "newbee" to building and considering a book that shares good to great "how-to" perspectives on green technology, this is for you. One structure, from foundation to finished form, is discusses with a minimal over-view of the history and / or examples of other structures related to this small home.

    I have been reading, studying and participating in green building technology for about 7 years. I have an ever-growing library related to natural processes and green technology. This is one book I'd recommend to anyone interested in hands-on learning that's well presented. You'll want to keep this one.
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  • glass n3rd
    5.0 de 5 estrellas thorough yet concise guide to a nice variety of earthen building techniques. i recommend it!
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 13 de junio de 2022
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    haven't quite finished yet but i'm really enjoying reading this a lot. tons of really great photos, and it's very easy to understand for someone with limited building knowledge.

    my only complaint is the author does not know the difference between loose and lose :p
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  • bjjones
    5.0 de 5 estrellas A must have for DIY builders and green building nerds!
    Calificado en Estados Unidos el 12 de diciembre de 2013
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    I love this book! They build a beautiful cottage and every single step is documented, photographed and explained without over complicating anything. You could literally build a very nice environmentally low impact home with only this book and some cash. The book is beautifully composed and mostly full of photographs and concise construction fundamentals. As a building nerd, this is one of the few books I recommend. My only disclaimer would be that they use the wrong type of media(soil) for the green roof that they installed on the cottage. I would use a 10% organic matter maximum mineral soil for a green roof and if you want to install one get a supplemental reference.
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  • izell jacca
    5.0 de 5 estrellas Great book!
    Calificado en Canadá el 1 de noviembre de 2018
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    Pleasantly surprised with this buy. Really interesting book, easy reading, understandable with lots of great colour photography. Recommended to any one else expanding their knowledge of green building. Plus they are still extending the book online so you get your money's worth.
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  • Taffeta Rustles
    5.0 de 5 estrellas Building Green
    Calificado en Reino Unido el 31 de diciembre de 2012
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    I've only just started to read this enormous book but I like it already. I love the practical approach to this very interesting subject. For too long we have been living in houses which were designed to please the wants of developers and banks and insurance companies. I grew up in a post war pre-fab in central London. It was constructed as emergency housing and was on a plot of land that had been bombed in World War II. Apart from the terrible insulation it's construction was perfect as it was designed with the needs of the people that were to live in it in mind. I hope by the time I have finished reading this book that I will be armed with enough knowledge and confidence to either build something for myself or at least include the techniques into any alterations and development of an existing property.
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  • Lilian Rodrigues
    5.0 de 5 estrellas Gostei muito
    Calificado en España el 8 de diciembre de 2023
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    O livro é muito bom
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  • K. Laidlaw
    5.0 de 5 estrellas Good book to have
    Calificado en Canadá el 18 de mayo de 2021
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    Excellent book, lots of useful little tidbits. Bitnof a heavy read, but worth it
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  • Eddy Winko
    5.0 de 5 estrellas One of the best and up to date resources out there on the subject
    Calificado en Reino Unido el 28 de octubre de 2012
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    Honest, straight forward, interesting and informative. Even though I'm more specifically interested in straw bale construction I thought this looked like a book to have, and I'm glad I made the decision to buy. Straw bale may only be a small part of the book, but the other building methods discussed feed your imagination and much of the detailed information is relevant no matter the type of building you are constructing. Having just completed the outside of my own straw bale house I'm glad I had this book to help me of the way, I'm already looking forward to building my next project and adopting more of the ideas in this book. Buy it, it's the most up to date and informative I've read out of my collection of ten or more on the subject.
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