Special Construction Methods, Accesssible Design & Natural House Building Books

• The Straw Bale House - by Bill Steen
• Building for a Lifetime: The Design and Construction of Fully Accessible Homes - by Margaret Wylde, Adrian Baron-Robbins, Sam Clark



• Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book) - by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron



• The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes - by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen



• Build It With Bales: A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction, Version Two - by S. O. MacDonald, Matts Myhrman



• Straw Bale Building: by Chris Magwood, Peter Mack



• Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw Bale Architecture - by Bruce King, Ann Edminster (Editor)



• The Cob Builders Handbook: You Can Hand-Sculpt Your Own Home - by Becky Bee, Mitch Spiralstone (Editor), Alex McMillan (Editor)



• The Cobber's Companion: How to Build Your Own Earthen Home by Michael G. Smith, Deanne Bednar (Illustrator)



• Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture: How to Build Your Own - by Nader Khalili



• The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built Home by Barbara Kern, Ken Kern



• The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook (Real Goods Solar Living Book) by Malcolm Wells



• Earth Shelter Technology - by Lester L. Boyer, Walter T. Grondzik



• Complete Book of Underground Houses: How to Build a Low-Cost Home - by Robert L. Roy



• Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding: The Earthwood Method - by Rob Roy



• Earthship: How to Build Your Own - by Michael E. Reynolds

Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates

The Stonebuilder's Primer

Timber-Frame Home by Tedd Benson

• Permanent Wood Foundations: The Illustrated Practical Applications Manual - by Craftsman Book Company



• The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook - by Michael J. Crosbie (Editor)



• Southwest Home Plans: 138 Sun-Loving Designs for Building Anywhere - by Home Planners Inc



• LA Casa Adobe - by William Lumpkins



• Adobe Houses for Today: Flexible Plans for Your Adobe Home by Laura Sanchez, Alex Sanchez



• Pueblo Architecture and Modern Adobes: The Residential Designs of William Lumpkins - by Joseph Traugott, William T. Lumpkins



• The Solar Electric House: Energy for the Environmentally-Responsive, Energy-Independent Home - by Steven J. Strong



• Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Design and Construction - by Pieter A. Vanderwerf, Stephen J. Feige, Paula Chammas, Lionel A. Lemay



• Insulating Concrete Forms Construction Manual - by Pieter A. Vanderwerf, W. Keith Munsell



• ICF Answer Book for Homebuyers - by BuildCentral Editorial Staff



• The Portland Cement Association's Guide to Concrete Homebuilding Systems - by Pieter A. Vanderwerf, W. Keith Munsell



• Residential Steel Design and Construction: Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings, Code Compliance - by John H. Hacker, Julie A. Gorges



• Steel-Frame House Construction - by Timothy J. Waite (Book & CD ROM)



• Residential Steel Framing Construction Guide - by E. N. Loree



• Residential Steel Framing Handbook - by Robert Scharff, Walls and Ceilings Magazine (Editor)



• Timber Framing Book - by Elliott Wallas, Stewart Elliott, Eugenie Wallas



• Timber-Frame Home: Design, Construction, Finishing - by Tedd Benson



• Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Craft - by Tedd Benson



• Build a Classic Timber-Framed House: Planning and Design, Traditional Materials, Affordable Methods - by Jack A. Sobon



• A Timber Framer's Workshop: Joinery, Design & Construction of Traditional Timber Frames - by Steve K. Chappell



• Low-Cost Pole Building Construction - by Doug Merrilees, Ralph Wolfe



• Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings - by Leigh Seddon, Susan Williamson



• Monte Burch's Pole Building Projects: Over 25 Low-Cost Plans - by Monte Burch



• The New Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy, Harmonious and Ecologically Sound Home - by David Pearson



• Healthy House Building: A Design & Construction Guide - by John Bower



• Home Tree Home - by Gerry Hadden, Peter N. Nelson



• Treehouses: You Can Actually Build (Weekend Project Book Series) - by David and Jeanie Stiles



• Treehouses: The Art and Craft of Living Out on a Limb - by Peter Nelson, David Larkin, Paul Rocheleau



• Retreats: Handmade Hideaways to Refresh the Spirit - by G. Lawson Drinkard, Lawson Drinkard



• Log Homes Made Easy - Contracting and Building Your Own Log Home - by Jim Cooper



• Building the Alaska Log Home - by Tom Walker



• How to Build Your Own Log Home for Less Than $15,000 - by Robert L. Williams



• How to Afford Your Own Log Home (4th edition) - by Carl Heldmann



• Building and Restoring the Hewn Log House - by Charles McRaven



• Building With Logs - by B. Allan MacKie



• Cabin Fever: Rustic Style Comes Home - by Rachel Carley



• American Log Homes - by Arthur Thiede, Cindy Teipner Thiede



• Hands-On Log Homes - by Cindy Teipner Thiede, Arthur Thiede



• Build Your Own Stone House: Using the Easy Slipform Method - by Karl Schwenke, Sue Schwenke



• The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-Builders - by Charles K. Long