The Art of Natural Building : Design, Construction, Resources.

Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Contents
 Foreword to the First Edition
 Foreword to the Second Edition
 Acknowledgments
 Introduction: An Open Door
 Part One: The Context for Natural Building
 1. The Case for Natural Building
 2. Natural Building: A Global Tradition
 3. The Importance of Housing Ourselves
 4. Natural Building and Social Justice
 5. Sustainability and Building Codes
 6. Can My Natural Home Get a LEED Rating?
 7. Life-Cycle Cost and Value of Four Houses
 8. In Defense of Craft
 Part Two: Design and Planning
 9. Designing for Vitality
 10. The Healthy House 11. Eighteen Design Principles to Make Square Feet Work Harder12. Designing with the Sun
 13. Natural Building for Cold Climates
 14. Hybrid Homes: Combining Natural Materials for Energy Efficiency
 15. Remodeling with Natural Materials
 16. Siting a Natural Building
 17. The Permaculture House
 18. Complementary Systems for Energy-Efficient Homes
 19. Regenerative Building: An Ecological Approach
 20. Building the Natural Village: A Strategy for Repairing Cities
 Part Three: Natural Building Materials and Techniques
 21. Natural Building Materials: An Overview 22. Foundations for Natural Buildings23. Stone Masonry
 24. Adobe Building
 25. A Brief History of Cob Building
 26. Rammed Earth: From Pisé to PISE
 27. Compressed Earth Blocks
 28. Building with Earthbags
 29. Digging in for Comfort
 30. Cordwood Masonry: An Overview
 31. Straw Bale Building: Lessons Learned
 32. Building with Hemp
 33. Light-Clay: An Introduction to German Clay Building Techniques
 34. Wattle and Daub
 35. The Evolution of Timber Framing
 36. The Art of Timber Framing
 37. Small-Diameter Roundwood: An Underused Building Material
 38. Bamboo Construction 39. Waste Not, Want Not: Building with Trash40. Earthships: An Ecocentric Model
 41. Papercrete: Homes from Waste Paper
 42. Roofs for Natural Building
 43. Green Roofs with Sod, Turf or Straw
 44. Thatching Comes to America
 45. Natural Insulation
 46. Rice Hulls for Insulation
 47. Earthen Floors
 48. Earth Plasters and Alis
 49. Working with Lime
 50. Natural Paints and Finishes
 Part Four: Building the Global Village
 51. Shelter and Sustainable Development
 52. Sustainable Building as Appropriate Technology
 53. Woodless Construction in the Sahel 54. Straw Bales in China: Housing for the People55. Improving Vernacular Housing in Western China
 56. PAKSBAB: Seismically Safe Straw Bale Homes in Pakistan
 57. Earthen Building Comes to Thailand
 58. Natural Building Thrives in Argentina
 59. Builders Without Borders
 60. Ecovillages and Sustainable Communities
 61. Tlholego Village: A Sustainable Community in South Africa
 62. Building with Earth in Auroville
 63. Friland: Affordable Housing in Community
 64. Evolving a Village Vernacular in Missouri
 Index