The Art of Natural Building - Second Edition - Completely Revised, Expanded and Updated (eBook, ePUB)

Design, Construction, Resources
Redaktion: Kennedy, Joseph F.; Wanek, Catherine; Smith, Michael G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The original, complete, user-friendly introduction to natural building, now fully revised and updated

The popularity of natural building has grown by leaps and bounds, spurred by a grassroots desire for housing that is healthy, affordable, and environmentally responsible. While there are many books available on specific methods such as straw-bale construction, cob, or timber framing, there are few resources which introduce the reader to the entire scope of this burgeoning field.

Fully revised and updated, The Art of Natural Building is the complete and user-friendly introduction to natural building for everyone from the do-it-yourselfer to architects and designers. This collection of articles from over fifty leaders in the field is now stunningly illustrated with over two-hundred full-color photographs of natural buildings from around the world. Learn about:

• The case for building with natural materials, from the perspectives of sustainability, lifestyle, and health
• What you need to know to plan and design your own beautiful and efficient natural home
• Explanations of thirty versatile materials and techniques, with resources on where to go for further information on each
• How these techniques are being used to address housing crises around the world.

Clearly written, logically organized, and beautifully illustrated, The Art of Natural Building is the encyclopedia of natural building.

Joseph F. Kennedy is a designer, builder, writer, artist, educator, and co-founder of Builders Without Borders. Michael G. Smith is a respected workshop instructor, consultant, and co-author of the best-selling book The Hand-Sculpted House . Catherine Wanek is a co-founder of Builders Without Borders and author/photographer of The Hybrid House and The New Straw Bale Home .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781550925609
• Artikelnr.: 42514155

Autorenporträt

Joseph F. Kennedy studied earth building with architect Nader Khalili and helped him found CalEarth in 1991. He promotes earth and other natural building methods as a teacher, designer and builder. He is co-editor of The Art of Natural Building and Building Without Borders . Joseph currently teaches at the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego, California. Michael G. Smith helped found The Cob Cottage Company in 1993. He has taught hundreds of hands-on workshops in cob, strawbale, natural floors and plasters, earthen ovens, and many other natural building techniques. He is the author of The Cobber's Companion and co-author of The Hand-Sculpted House . Michael has designed and built nearly fifty small cob and hybrid natural homes. He enjoys sharing his expertise with owner-builders around the world. Catherine Wanek is a cofounder of Builders Without Borders. A passionate advocate of natural building techniques for over two decades, she is the author and photographer of The Hybrid House and The New Straw Bale Home , and co-editor of The Art of Natural Building . She also produced the videos, The Strawbale Solution , the Building With Straw video series, and Urban Permaculture . Catherine is the owner of the Black Range Lodge, an historic bed-and-breakfast inn located in the mountains of southwest New Mexico, which is becoming known as a center for ecological building and healthy living.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the First Edition by Albert Bates
Foreword to the Second Edition by Bill Steen
Acknowledgments
Introduction: An Open Door by Michael G. Smith
Part One: The Context for Natural Building
1. The Case for Natural Building by Michael G. Smith
2. Natural Building: A Global Tradition by Catherine Wanek
3. The Importance of Housing Ourselves by Ianto Evans
4. Natural Building and Social Justice by Rob Bolman
5. Sustainability and Building Codes by David Eisenberg
6. Can My Natural Home Get a LEED Rating? by Joseph F. Kennedy and Ann V.
Edminster
7. Life-Cycle Cost and Value of Four Houses by David A. Bainbridge
8. In Defense of Craft by Patrick Webb
Part Two: Design and Planning
9. Designing for Vitality by Carol Venolia
10. The Healthy House by Paula Baker-Laporte
11. Eighteen Design Principles to Make Square Feet Work Harder by Robert
Gay
12. Designing with the Sun by Susie Harrington
13. Natural Building for Cold Climates by Jacob Deva Racusin
14. Hybrid Homes: Combining Natural Materials for Energy Efficiency by
Catherine Wanek and Michael G. Smith
15. Remodeling with Natural Materials by Joseph F. Kennedy and Janine
Björnson
16. Siting a Natural Building by Michael G. Smith
17. The Permaculture House by Peter Bane
18. Complementary Systems for Energy-Efficient Homes by Michael G. Smith
19. Regenerative Building: An Ecological Approach by Michael G. Smith
20. Building the Natural Village: A Strategy for Repairing Cities by Mark
Lakeman
Part Three: Natural Building Materials and Techniques
21. Natural Building Materials: An Overview by Joseph F. Kennedy
22. Foundations for Natural Buildings by Michael G. Smith
23. Stone Masonry by Michael G. Smith
24. Adobe Building by Paul G. McHenry
25. A Brief History of Cob Building by Michael G. Smith
26. Rammed Earth: From Pisé to PISE by Scott Grometer
27. Compressed Earth Blocks by Hubert Guillaud
28. Building with Earthbags by Joseph F. Kennedy and Kelly Hart
29. Digging in for Comfort by Kelly Hart
30. Cordwood Masonry: An Overview by Rob Roy
31. Straw Bale Building: Lessons Learned by Catherine Wanek
32. Building with Hemp by Tom Woolley
33. Light-Clay: An Introduction to German Clay Building Techniques by Frank
Andresen
34. Wattle and Daub by Joseph F. Kennedy
35. The Evolution of Timber Framing by Steve Chappell
36. The Art of Timber Framing by Devin Smith
37. Small-Diameter Roundwood: An Underused Building Material by Owen Geiger
38. Bamboo Construction by Darrel DeBoer
39. Waste Not, Want Not: Building with Trash by Joseph F. Kennedy
40. Earthships: An Ecocentric Model by Jack Ehrhardt
41. Papercrete: Homes from Waste Paper by Barry Fuller
42. Roofs for Natural Building by Joseph F. Kennedy
43. Green Roofs with Sod, Turf or Straw by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron
and John Swearingen
44. Thatching Comes to America by Deanne Bednar
45. Natural Insulation by Joseph F. Kennedy and Michael G. Smith
46. Rice Hulls for Insulation by Catherine Wanek and Paul Olivier
47. Earthen Floors by Sukita Reay Crimmel and James Thomson
48. Earth Plasters and Alis by Carole Crews
49. Working with Lime by Barbara Jones
50. Natural Paints and Finishes by Janine Björnson
Part Four: Building the Global Village
51. Shelter and Sustainable Development by Susan Klinker
52. Sustainable Building as Appropriate Technology by David A. Bainbridge
53. Woodless Construction in the Sahel by John Norton
54. Straw Bales in China: Housing for the People by Catherine Wanek and
Kelly Lerner
55. Improving Vernacular Housing in Western China by Liu Yang, Jiaping Liu
and David A. Bainbridge
56. PAKSBAB: Seismically Safe Straw Bale Homes in Pakistan by Catherine
Wanek
57. Earthen Building Comes to Thailand by Janell Kapoor
58. Natural Building Thrives in Argentina by Max Edleson
59. Builders Without Borders by Catherine Wanek
60. Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities by Joseph F. Kennedy
61. Tlholego Village: A Sustainable Community in South Africa by Paul Cohen
62. Building with Earth in Auroville by Hilary Smith and Satprem Maïni
63. Friland: Affordable Housing in Community by Lars Keller and Joanna
Morandin
64. Evolving a Village Vernacular in Missouri by Mark Mazziotti
Index