Sustainability & Green Design
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Straw Bale Building Details: An Illustrated Guide for Design and Construction
$39.99 Read moreWritten by leading practitioners, Straw Bale Building Details is the must-have illustrated guide to design and construction details for site-built straw bale buildings. Essential for avoiding costly m
- Author: Casba
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 0865719039
- Language: English
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Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques
$39.99 Read moreThe only comprehensive, illustrated, step-by-step guide to building with earthbags.
Over seventy percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to wid
- Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living #8
- Author: Hunter, Kaki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 19, 2004
- ISBN10: 0865715076
- Language: English
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Twisted Oak: A Journey to Create a Self-Sustaining Life and Home
$29.95 Add to cartTwisted Oak is the inspiring, true story of a family seeking a more sustainable life in a complex, technology-driven world. Their journey leads them to build a self-sustaining home and lifestyle in th
- Author: Munroe Pe, Kristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1456629239
- Language: English
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Eco House Book
$49.99 Read moreA complete guide to home improvement the environmentally friendly way: whether you want to redecorate or redesign your home, Terence Conran provides all the information you need to reduce your home’s
- Author: Conran, Terence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1840918365
- Language: English
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The New Naturals: Inspired Interiors for Sustainable Living
$50.00 Read moreThe New Naturals celebrates 18 global homes that put well-being and environment first, incorporating eco elements and sympathetic natural materials that provide a nourishing connection to nature.
Th- Author: Haslam, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1784886572
- Language: English
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At Home in the Wine Country: Architecture & Design in the California Vineyards
$50.00 Add to cartShowcasing 17 stunning residences in California wine country designed by top architects and designers.
2021 Foreword Indies, BRONZE: Regional
Through compelling narrative and stunning photography, autho
- Author: Hebert, Heather Sandy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1423654951
- Language: English
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Builders of the Pacific Coast
$32.95 Add to cartMeet the DIY builders of the Pacific Coast, whose homes are practical, imaginative, and environmentally friendly.
If you’re fascinated by homes and architecture or if you’re seeking inspiration for you
- Series: Shelter Library of Building Books
- Author: Kahn, Lloyd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 28 2008
- ISBN10: 0936070439
- Language: English
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Land Art as Climate Action: Designing the 21st Century City Park
$45.00 Read moreHow clean energy technologies can create beautiful, post-carbon cities.
As the world races to address the climate crisis, new sustainable energy sources and other infrastructures are transforming our- Author: Ferry, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 3777440930
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Natural Design, Organic Architecture: Lessons for Building Green from an American Original
$65.00 Add to cartAn unsung prophet of today’s green movement in architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright was an innovator of eco-sensitive design generations ahead of his time. An architect and designer of far-reaching vision… [more below]
- Author: Weintraub, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0847837963
- Language: English
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Lake Flato Houses: Respecting the Land
$85.00 Read morePresenting their new and recent projects, LakeFlato Architects demonstrate the inexhaustible potential of the modern house to enter into a dialogue with nature.
LakeFlato Architects, based in San Ant
- Author: Ojeda, Oscar Riera
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0847869997
- Language: English
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Homes for Our Time. Contemporary Houses Around the World. Vol. 2
$80.00 Add to cartClimate, environment, history, and technology are transforming architecture worldwide. The second volume in the Homes for Our Time series documents this housing revolution and raises questions: What r
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 3836587009
- Language: English
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Climate Inheritance
$34.95 Read moreClimate Inheritance is a speculative design research publication that reckons with the complexity of world and heritage in the Anthropocene. The impacts of climate change on heritage sites-from Venice… [more below]
- Author: Ghosn, Rania
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1638400997
- Language: English
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Essential Cob Construction: A Guide to Design, Engineering, and Building
$49.99 Read moreSetting the standard for modern cob construction – from design, engineering, and building code compliance, to sculpting beautiful structures
Cob – a mix of clay, sand, and straw – is one of the most
- Series: Sustainable Building Essentials
- Author: Dente, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0865719683
- Language: English
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Small Houses
$80.00 Add to cartSmall Houses is a tribute to the endless artistic inventiveness of architects and ingenuity of perception of the familiar and known concepts. It is also a conscious pivot towards sustainability and re
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 3836587017
- Language: English
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The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse
$34.99 Add to cartBuild your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate
Fresh, local nutrient-dense fruits vegetables are hard to find in winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather
- Author: Schiller, Lindsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0865718245
- Language: English
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Reclaimed: New Homes from Old Materials
$45.00 Read moreBricks can be cleaned, timber hardens with age, and metal develops a pleasing patina without deteriorating, making them all perfect for reuse. Considering the many options for reusing building materia
- Author: Craswell, Penny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1760763144
- Language: English
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Big. Hot to Cold. an Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation
$50.00 Read moreAfter the global success of Yes is More, one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group presents Hot to Cold, an Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation. The book
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 712
- Publish Date: January 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836557398
- Language: English
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Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism
$65.00 Add to cartHow architects and designers helped define America’s ecological movement in the 1960s–featuring Ant Farm, Buckminster Fuller, John C. Lilly and many more
During the 1960s, as Western notions of endles
- Author: Chan, Carson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1633451542
- Language: English
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Adus: The Perfect Housing Solution
$40.00 Add to cart“A beautiful book for readers researching affordable options for chic yet environmentally friendly ADU construction.”–Library Journal
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are good for people and communitie
- Author: Koones, Sheri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1423665252
- Language: English
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New York Green: Discovering the City’s Most Treasured Parks and Gardens
$30.00 Read moreThis beautifully photographed guidebook celebrates New York City’s most exceptional–and often overlooked–parks and gardens, all open to the public!
New York City is filled to the brim with beautifu… [more below]- Author: Minh Ngo, Ngoc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1648290736
- Language: English
