Learn how to identify, locate, and effectively use alternative building materials, including cob, adobe, rammed earth, bamboo, cork, wool carpeting, and more. Y

The first comprehensive guide to combining traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materi

Clarke Snell & Timothy L. Callahan have returned with a photo-packed, amazingly complete, start-to-finish guide to "green" housebuilding.

Teaches the step-by-step process of designing and building a straw bale home.

The home, an essential part of the American dream, has been beset by troubles since the beginning of the Great Recession in 2007. Whether from an unstable housi