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	building with straw-bales Barbara Jones The author, the most experienced straw-bale builder in the UK, has adapted North American techniques for use in our wetter climate, particularly by using coppiced wood and traditional lime and clay plasters. The book gives details of all the main construction methods, and includes: bale specifications; walls and foundations; doors and windows; plastering; construction drawings; building regs and planning permission; also, frequently asked questions about straw-bale building. 128pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £9.95
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	the straw bale house Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge and David Eisenberg "This is the book we've been waiting for . . . a book understandable to homeowners, yet specific enough to make it highly useful to designers and professional builders." - Alex Wilson, Editor, Environmental Building News With more than 120,000 copies sold, this comprehensive book covers benefits of building with straw bales, safety concerns, building codes, and insurance, and offers techniques for building walls, windows, doors, foundations, roofs, floors, and plastering the straw walls. 336pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £19.95
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	serious straw bale: a home construction guide for all climates Paul Lacinski & Michael Bergeron Bergeron and Lacinski's new book is the first to look carefully at the specific design considerations critical to success with a straw bale building in more extreme climates-where seasonal changes in temperature, precipitation, and humidity create special stresses that builders must understand and address. This is a second-generation straw bale book, for those seeking serious information to meet serious challenges while adventuring in the most fun form of construction to come along in several centuries. Solid information in a well written format. 480pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £22.50
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	buildings of earth and straw: structural design for rammed earth and straw bale architecture Bruce King Buildings of Earth and Straw is written by structural engineer Bruce King, and provides technical data from an engineer’s perspective. With attractive illustrations, King includes a useful list of references for both stabilized earth and straw bale, special construction requirements, design capabilities and limitations of earth and straw, and the documentation of testing that building officials often require. This book is accessible for both professionals and lay readers and includes a useful glossary explaining technical jargon. 140pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £15.95
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	straw bale details: a manual for designers and builders Chris Magwood & Chris Walker The perfect companion for those who are serious about building with straw. The book focuses entirely on the specific design theories and practices that result in well-built, long-lasting bale structures, and extends the range of books like Straw Bale Building through large, easy-to-read architectural drawings rendered for a wide variety of building options, including load-bearing and post-and-beam designs. A range of foundation, wall, door and window, and roof-plate scenarios are presented, along with explanatory notes and possible modifications. A bit pricey and only deals with single storey details, but is a great complementary book with a nice spiral bound layout. 60pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £26.50
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	small strawbale Bill Steen, Athena Swentzell Steen & Wayne J. Bingham This book presents a collection of small strawbale houses, tiny studios and meditation spaces, outbuildings and landscape walls. It includes the tangible creations of simple dreams and modest pocketbooks - little houses and little buildings, the kind that most people can afford. Overflowing with beautiful, vivid colour photographs, detailed illustrations and floor plans, 'Small Strawbale' spotlights the personal stories of people who have created simple, economical, and beautiful structures out of natural materials. 240pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £17.99
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	the beauty of straw bale homes Athena & Bill Steen This book celebrates in gorgeous colour photography the accomplishments of straw bale artisans. Selecting from a variety of building types and applications, they vividly portray the sensuous versatility and cross-cultural appeal of this most accessible form of construction. Accompanying the stunning visual display is a text that incorporates key lessons Athena and Bill Steen have learned in their years as straw bale pioneers. Their insights into design, materials, and construction techniques provide a practical grounding by highlighting the special features and unique personality of each building. 114pp more on straw-bale building Price: £16.95
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	alternative construction: contemporary natural building methods (2nd edition) Lynne Elizabeth & Cassandra Adams (eds.) Sections on adobe, clay, cob, rammed earth, straw-bale, bamboo, and hybrid systems. Also information on the structural properties of those materials, design principles, and the combination of traditional materials with modern building techniques to get the best of all worlds. 416pp click on image for contents page more on straw-bale building Price: £27.99
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