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directory of resources
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House - Japan
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- RV Plans you can build
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Johnson's Mobile Hermitage
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House Trucks
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Plan Guys (1000s of plans)
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Cottages: Lowes plans and kits
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Design: Deep Ecology
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Source Plans (Not so open, subscription)
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Homes (Directory of prefabs)
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Thompson Cottages (House plans)
Sheldon
Designs (Catalog of simple plans)
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Institute (Hennin post and beam)
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Container Architecture
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Homes: Small house plans
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Studios (Directory)
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Structures Amish)
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Little
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BOOKS
Healthy
House Construction*
Fast
Feng Shui: 9 Simple Principles for Transforming Your Life
by Energizing Your Home. Stephanie Roberts
The
Healthy House : How to buy one, How to build one, How to cure
a sick one, 4th revised ed. John Bower
Healthy
House Building for the New Millennium. John Bower
Healthy
House Catalog: National Directory of Indoor Pollution Resources
by Stuart Greenberg, Robert Staib
Japanese
Gardening in Small Spaces. Isao Yoshikawa
Prescriptions
for a Healthy House. Paula Baker-Laporte, Erica Elliott, John
Banta, Lisa Flynn
Sustainable
Architecture*
Eco-Renovation:
The Ecological Home Improvement Guide. Edward Harland
Good
Green Homes: Creating Better Homes for a Healthier Planet.
Jennifer Roberts
Green
by Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living. Angela
M. Dean
Natural
Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options.
Greg Pahl
Passive
Solar Energy: The Homeowner's Guide to Natural Heating and
Cooling. Bruce Anderson
Real
Goods Solar Living Source Book: The Complete Guide to Renewable
Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living, 11th Ed). John Schaeffer
Sustainable
Architecture: Low Tech Houses. Arian Mostaedi
The
Ecology of Architecture: A Complete Guide to Creating the
Environmentally Conscious Building by Laura C. Zeiher |
Graphic
Communications
Being
SUSTAINABLE: Building System Performance
Dennis Fukai
(Visualizing building systems as a whole)
Building
SIMPLE: Building an Information Model
Dennis Fukai
(Visualizing complex construction assemblies)
Living
SMALL: The Life of Small Houses
Dennis Fukai
(A three dimensional survey of small houses)
3D
Construction Modeling: Project based learning
Dennis Fukai
(Virtual guide to SketchUp and wood frame construction)
Understanding
Comics. Scott McCloud.
Sequential
Art. Will Eisner
Graphic
Communications in Construction.
Dennis Fukai
(A textbook on construction communications)
Visual
Explanations. Edward R Tufte
Envisioning
Information. Edward R Tufte
The
Web at Work: Internet Basics for Home Builders. Dennis Fukai
Design
and Writing Online Commnications. William Horton
.
Books
on Small Houses*
500
Small Houses of the Twenties Henry Atterbury
Smith The
Backyard Builder: Over 150 Build-It-Yourself Projects for
Your Garden, Home, and Yard. John Warde
Big
Book of Small House Design Don Metz, et al
Blokes
& Sheds. Jim Hopkins. (A favorite)
Building
Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters. Monte Burch
Building
a Shed: Expert Advice from Start to Finish. Joseph Truini
The
Cabin: Inspiration for the Classic American Getaway. Dale
Mulfinger, Susan E. Davis
Cabins:
A Guide to Building Your Own Nature Retreat. David R. Stiles,
Jeanie Stiles, Don Metz
Cabin
Fever: Sheds and Shelters, Huts and Hideaways. Marie-France
Boyer
Creating
the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American
Home. Sarah Susanka, Grey Crawford
Creative
Plans for Yard and Garden Structures: 42 Easy-To-Build Designs
for Gazebos, Sheds, Pool Houses, Playsets, Bridges and More! Connie
Brown
For
Your Garden: Garden Sheds and Potting Areas (For Your Garden
Series). Penelope O'Sullivan
Freewheeling
Homes David Pearson (London; Chelsea Green Press, 2002).
Ideas
for Great Backyard Cottages. Cynthia Overbeck Bix
Haiku
Cottage
Karl Ashley
Smith Havens
and Hideaways: Cozy Cabins and Rustic Retreats. Jo Denbury,
Chris Tubbs (Photographer), Ali Watkinson
Havens
and Hideaways. Ryland Peters & Small, Mandy Pritty, Chris
Long
Housing
Ourselves: Creating Affordable, Sustainable Shelter
How
to Design & Build Sheds. Paul Ehrlich
Huts,
Havens and Hideaways. Jo Denbury and Chris Tubbs
A
Hut of One's Own: Life Outside the Circle of Architecture.
Ann Cline
A
Little House of My Own: 47 Grand Designs for 47Tiny
Houses. Les Walker
Little
House on a Small Planet
Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats and Energy Efficient Alternatives.
Saloman.
Little
Retreats. Jane Tidbury and Peter Aprahamian
Living
Large in Small Spaces. Marisa Bartolucci
Men
and Sheds. Gordon Thorburn
Mini
House, Alejandro Bahamon, Harper Design International
Mini
Houses Now. Agata Losantos, Collin Design
More
Small Houses: Fine Homebuilding Great Houses. Fine Homebuilding
Magazine (Editor), Taunton Press
New
Cottage Homes. Jim Tolpin. Tauton Press.
New
Small Homes. Aurora Cuito
Sheds:
Do it Yourself Backyard Builders David Stiles
The
Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live.
Sarah Susanka, Kira Obolensky
The
Not So Big House Collection: The Not So Big
Not
So Big Solutions for Your Home. Sarah Susanka
Outdoor
Shelter Plans: Overheads, Sheds and Gazebos. Roger S. Grizzle
Palliser's
New Cottage Homes. Palliser & Co.
A
Place of Your Own Making: How to Build a One-Room Cabin, Studio,
Shack, or Shed
Stephen Taylor
Rodale's
Step-By-Step Guide to Outdoor Furniture for the Backyard Builder:
Easy-To-Build Projects for the Yard and Deck. Bill Hylton
Rustic
Retreats: A Build-It-Yourself Guide
by David R. Stiles, Jeanie Trusty Stiles
Sheds:
The Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders. David R. Stiles
Sheds
& Garages. Sunset Books
Small
City Houses. Evergreen Books
Small
House Designs
Kenneth Tremblay
Small
Houses, Great Houses. Fine Homebuilding
Small
Houses, Nicolas Pople, Universe Publishing
Small
Log Homes-Storybook plans and Sage advice. Robbin Obomsawin
Small
Houses of the Twenties.
The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog (Dover Pictorial Archives)
[UNABRIDGED]
Start
to Finish Sheds & Gazebos. Martin Miller
Small
Spaces: Stylish Ideas for Making More of Less in the Home.
Azby Brown
Tiny
Homes and Small Houses. Tiny House Company
Tiny
Tiny Houses. Lester R. Walker, Les Walker
The
Tiny Book of Tiny House. Les Tiny Houses Walker, Lester R.
Walker
Tiny
Little House (Children) Eleanor Lowenton Clymer
Yard
Buildings. Mel. Marshall.
Yard
and Garden Structures: 74 Easy-To-Build Designs for Gazebos,
Sheds, Pool Houses, Playsets, Bridges and More. Matt Debacker.
.
Small
and Simple Lifestyles
The
Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker,
Buddhist Shepherd. Mary Rose O'Reilley
Buddhism
Plain and Simple. Steve Hagen
Plain
and Simple : A Journey to the Amish
Sue Bender
Small
and Simple Things. Marjorie Hinkley
Small
is beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered.
E. F. Schumacher, 1999 (Classic)
Walden.
Henry David Thoreau
The
Wabi-Sabi House
Robin Grigs Lawrence.
Zen
Simple: Design Ideas for Harmonious Living. Bridget Bodoano
Zen
Style : Balance And Simplicity For Your Home. Jane Tidbury
.
Squatters
and Informal Developments
The
Architecture of Self-Help Communities. Michael Y Seelig
House
of My Own: Social Organization in Squatter Settlements of Peru.
Susan Lobo.
Transitions
: photographic documentary of squatter settlements. Edward
Popko.
Mau
Mau and Kenya: An Analysis of a Peasant Revolt. Wunyabari
O. Maloba.
Shadow
Cities A Billion Squatters, Robert Neuwirth
The
Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism. Hernando De
Soto.
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