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The best-selling and highly regarded reference to sustainable construction gets an update! It’s refreshed with a completely revised introduction, a bright new cover, and extensive online resource tie-ins.   This groundbreaking book doesn’t just tell you about “green” house-building techniques: it actually shows you, with more than 1,200 step-by-step photographs that follow the actual erection of an alternative building from site selection to final-touch interior details. Readers will get a clear sense of the real world challenges as Snell and Callahan create a lovely country cottage using four methods: straw bale, cob, cordwood, and modified stick-frame.   Along with sidebars throughout, there’s a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of building construction, alternative approaches, and designing a beautiful yet environmentally responsible home. Building Green was the first book of its kind—and it remains heads and shoulders above other titles in this field.    

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Praise for Building Green Building Green chronicles the project from start to finish, combining the gorgeous photography of an architecture coffee-table book with the detailed instructions of a building manual. - --ReadyMade This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. - --Publishers Weekly The most comprehensive and reader-friendly green building book...It's great for both the green building novice and expert. - --Builders Booksource This book is a must read for architects, builders, and all people who want to create a healthy home. - --Helmut Ziehe, Founder, International Institute for Bau-Biologie & Ecology, Inc. Well-written and understandable with wonderful illustrations. - --Pliny Fisk & Gail Vittori, Co-Directors, The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems Praise for Building Green Building Green chronicles the project from start to finish, combining the gorgeous photography of an architecture coffee-table book with the detailed instructions of a building manual. ReadyMade This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. Publishers Weekly The most comprehensive and reader-friendly green building book...It's great for both the green building novice and expert. Builders Booksource This book is a must read for architects, builders, and all people who want to create a healthy home. Helmut Ziehe, Founder, International Institute for Bau-Biologie & Ecology, Inc. Well-written and understandable with wonderful illustrations. Pliny Fisk & Gail Vittori, Co-Directors, The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

Praise for Building Green <br> Building Green chronicles the project from start to finish, combining the gorgeous photography of an architecture coffee-table book with the detailed instructions of a building manual. - ReadyMade This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. - Publishers Weekly The most comprehensive and reader-friendly green building book...It's great for both the green building novice and expert. - Builders Booksource This book is a must read for architects, builders, and all people who want to create a healthy home. - Helmut Ziehe, Founder, International Institute for Bau-Biologie & Ecology, Inc. Well-written and understandable with wonderful illustrations. - Pliny Fisk & Gail Vittori, Co-Directors, The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

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Clarke Snell has decades of experience in green building, sustainability and low impact living. He is also the author of The Good House Book 9781579902810. Tim Callahan has over 30 years of experience in a broad range of design and building projects.

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