We have an extensive library of timberframe, design, and environmental
building books available. Often customers find it useful to borrow some
of these books during the design phase for ideas. Some examples from our
bookshelves today:
Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival
of a Forgotten Craft, Tedd Benson: A founding father of the timberframe revival.
Timber Frame Construction: All About Post and Beam Building, Jack Sobon: Great synopsis on timberframes from a local and sustainable master.
A Timber Framer's Workshop: Introductory Workshop
Manual of the Fox Maple Timber Frame Apprenticeshop, Steve Chappell: An excellent introduction to timberframe techniques.
Timberframe, Tedd Benson: Good pictures of timberframe interiors.
Your Green Home: A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly New Home,
Alex Wilson: Publisher of Environmental Building News. Excellent resource.
Sustainable Homes: 26 Designs That Respect the
Earth, James Grayson Trulove: Fun pictures and a bit of information about sustainable building.
New Sustainable Homes: Designs for Healthy Living,
James Grayson Trulove: An expansion on the last one.
The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes,
Daniel D. Chiras
The New Autonomous House,
Brenda and Robert Vale
Prescriptions for a Healthy House, 3rd Edition: A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners,
Paula Baker-Laporte: Practical guide to keeping toxic materials out of new homes.
Mini House Now,
Agata Losantos
25 Houses Under 1500 Square Feet, James
Grayson Trulove: Great picture book for gleaning idea for small modern homes.
The Not So Big House, Sarah Susanka: Susanka's ideas form the foundation and framework for much of the good design work we do.
Not So Big Solutions for Your Home, Sarah
Susanka: An expansion on the not-so-big theme.
A Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander: Alexander provides much of the inspiration and foundational ideas behind Susanka's work. The best sought book in the library!
A Timeless Way of Building, Christopher Alexander: Part of the same series as A Pattern Language, TWB provides is a spiritual underpining for design.
Home By Design, Sarah Susanka: What are the qualities that make a home? This book combines great photography with great text.
Color: Natural Palettes for Painted Rooms, Donald Kaufman and Taffy Dahl: Color
is very difficult to pin down. This book is a great start at helping folks understand color.
The Barn: A Vanishing Landmark in North America;
Eric Arthur and Dudley Witney, 1972
Barn: The Art of a Working Building, Elric
Endersby, Alexander Greenwood, and David Larkin: Text and photos about the history and restoration of barns.
Barn Preservation and Adaptation: The Evolution
of a Vernacular Icon, Elric Endersby, Alexander Greenwood, and
David Larkin: The history of how American barns were used and ideas for ways to use those spaces today.
Mill, David Macaulay: Delving into the types and technologies of old water powered mills and how they were designed and built.
The Mill, William Fox, Bill Brooks, Janice
Tyrwhitt
Early American Mills, Martha and Murray Zimiles
The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections,
George Nakashima: One of the great wood workers of our time. Brilliant writing and photography.
Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood
Technology, R. Bruce Hoadley: Part of the wood cannon. A must for anyone who works with wood.
A Reverence for Wood, Eric Sloane: Brilliantly illustrated book with a lot of fascinating history about the use of wood in early America. Great inspiration.
Timber Framing: Journal of the Timber Framers
Guild,
www.tfguild.org
Scantlings: Newsletter of the Timber Framers Guild, www.tfguild.org: Great photos and great writing.
Environmental Building News,
www.buildinggreen.com:
The essential green building publication. Monthly and web resource.
EBN is the authority.
Northern Woodlands: A New Way of Looking at the
Forest,
www.northernwoodlands.org:
Sustainable harvesting techniques for our local timberlands.
dwell: at home in the modern world,
www.dwell.com:
Fun modern ideas.
http://www.passivehouse.us/The most stringent certification in design and construction today. A German based approach that emphasizes very low energy use in buildings.
http://www.architecture2030.org/We have signed on to the challenge to incrementally improve our buildings by reducing their carbon emissions each year until we reach carbon neutral by 2030.
Silence, Song and Shadows: Our Need for the Sacred in our Surroundings, Tom Bender: An exploration of how to make your buildings work with nature.
The Japanese Bath, Bruce Smith, Yoshiko Yamamoto: Fun book to consider.
