Book Information
Building a straw bale house: the Red Feather construction handbook 1st ed.
ISBN: | 1-56898-514-2/9781568985145 |
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Author(s): | Nathaniel Corum | |
Subject(s): | Straw bale house--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc. , Indians of North America--Housing--South Dakota , Red Feather Development Group | |
Edition: | 1 | |
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Page: | 181 | |
Size: | 21 | |
Publishing Info: | Princeton Architectural Press, 2005 | |
Call number: | 693.997 C831/1e05 | |
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"This book is a timely and important tool for the empowerment of
communities facing housing deficits. The Red Feather project is
extremely important; it is truly making a difference."—Jane Goodall For
more than a decade the Red Feather Development Group, a volunteer-based
organization, has built and repaired straw bale houses for Native
Americans. Somewhere along the way—and this was certainly not the
plan—they created an architectural phenomenon: This inexpensive,
environmentally sound, easily constructed, and downright beautiful form
of building has, for good reason, caught the public's imagination.
Here, Red Feather provides a step-by-step, easy-to-follow manual for
would-be strawbale builders—indeed, they supply everything you'll need
but time, energy, and lots and lots of straw. Informative sections on
safety, design, tools, and materials, and case studies picked from over
thirty-five Red Feather projects give a comprehensive overview to
straw-bale building. But this book is much more than a construction
manual. It is also the inspiring story of Red Feather itself, a tale of
community action and cooperation that suggests a can-do solution to the
growing housing crisis on America's Native American reservations.
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