The Art of Natural Building by Wanek, Catherine -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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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 Harder 12. 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 Buildings 23. 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 Trash 40. 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 People 55. 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

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