Straw-bale, Healthy, Passive Solar, Natural & Conventional Building Design

Updated April 2003

For all who choose to create a better living environment!

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, and Construction by Christopher Alexander, Oxford University Press 1977, ISBN: 0-19-501919-9

The Hand-Sculpted House by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith,& Linda Smiley, Chelsea Green Publishing 2002

Currents of Death by Paul Brodeur, Simon & Schuster 1989, ISBN: 0-671-67845-0

Building With The Breath Of Life by Tom Bender AIA , Fire River Press 2000, ISBN: 0-9675089-1-6

Nontoxic, Natural, & Earthwise by Debra Lynn Dadd, Jeremy Tarcher, Inc.   1990, ISBN: 0-87477-584-1

Places of the Soul by Christopher Day, Aquarian /Thorsons 1990/1993 paperback, ISBN: 1-85538-305-5

The Rammed Earth House by David Easton, Chelsea Green Publishing Co.  1996, ISBN: 0-930031-79-2

The Green Home by Wayne Grady, Camden House Publishing 1993, ISBN: 0-921820-69-0

The Passive Solar House by James Kachadorian, Chelsea Green Publishing Co.  May 1997, ISBN: 0-930031-97-0

Buildings of Earth and Straw by Bruce King, P.E., Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1996, ISBN: 0-9644718-1-7

The Temple in the House by Anthony Lawlor, AIA, G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1994, ISBN: 0-87477-777-1

Sacred Geometry by Robert Lawlor, Thames & Hudson, Ltd 1982, ISBN:0-500-81030-3

Sacred Architecture by A. T. Mann, Element Books Ltd.  1993, ISBN: 1-85230-391-3

By Nature’s Design by Exploratorium  (Pat Murphy-text; Wm Neill-photos; Diane Ackerman-foreword), Chronicle Books 1993, ISBN: 0-8118-0444-5

In the Arts & Crafts Style by Barbara Mayer, Chronicle Books 1993, ISBN: 0-8118-0202-7

The Passive Solar Energy Book by Edward Mazria, Rodale Press 1979, ISBN: 0-87857-260-0 or 0-87857-237-6 paperback

Build it with Bales by Matts Myhrman & Steve .O. MacDonald, Out on Bale 3rd printing Sept 1998, ISBN:0-9642821-1-9

Earth to Spirit by David Pearson, Chronicle Books 1994ISBN: 0-8118-0702-9 or 0-8118-0731-2 paperback

The Natural House Book by David Pearson, Simon & Schuster Inc.  1989, ISBN: 0-671-66634-7 or 0-671-66635-5 paper

Earthship by Michael Reynolds, Solar Survival Press 1993, ISBN: 0-9626767-2-1

The Straw Bale House by Steen, Steen, & Bainbridge, Chelsea Green Publishing 1994, ISBN: 0-930031-71-7

The Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka, Taunton Books & Videos 1998, ISBN: 1- 56158-130-5

Healing Environments by Carol Venolia, Celestial Arts 1988, ISBN: 0-89087-497-2

Paradise Found by Melba Levick & Stanley Young, Chronicle Books 1995, ISBN: 0-8118-0687-1

My House Is Killing Me By Jeffery C. May, John Hopkins 2001 , ISBN: 0-8018-6730-4

Builder’s Guide To Mixed Climates By Joseph Lstiburek, P. Eng, Taunton Press 2000 , ISBN: 1-56158-375-8

Your Natural Home by Janet Marinelli & Paul Bierman-Lytle, Little, Brown 1995, ISBN: 0-316-09302-5

Prescriptions for a healthy House by Paula Baker, AIA Erica Elliott, MD & John Banta

Baker Elliott Banta 1998, ISBN: 1-56690-355-6

Living Homes Sustainable Architecture & Design by Suzi Moore Mcgregor & Nora Burba Trulsson, Chronicle Book LLC 2001, ISBN: 0-8118-2469-1

The New Cottage Home by Jim Tolpin,Taunton Press 1998, ISBN: 1-56158-229-8

Solar Architecture in Europe by Commission of the European Communities, Prism Press 1991, ISBN: 1-85327-073-3

Creating the Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka, Taunton Press 2001, ISBN: 1-56158-605-6

The Integral Urban House by Helga & Bill Olkowski, Tom Javits& the Farallones Int. staff. Intro. By Sim Van der Ryn, Sierra Club Books 1979, ISBN: 0-87156-213-8

Home for the Soul by Anthony Lawlor, Potter Publishing 1997, ISBN 0-517-70400-5

A place in the Sun by John Schaeffer & the design & construction team, Chelsea Green 1997, ISBN: 0-89013-201-2

The New Independent Home by Michael Potts, Chelsea Green 1999, ISBN: 10890132-14-4