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Design of Straw Bale Buildings; The State of the Art

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Manufacturer: Green Building Press

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For the first time, a design manual for practicing professionals, as well as teachers, is made available, drawing on the collective experience of the most senior and respected figures in the rapidly-emerging field of straw bale construction.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 693.997
EAN: 9780976491118
ISBN: 0976491117
Label: Green Building Press
Manufacturer: Green Building Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 2006-09-15
Publisher: Green Building Press
Studio: Green Building Press


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• Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.)
• Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook
• More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
• Strawbale Home Plans
• Building with Straw: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Actual Useful Facts! -
Most books of this sort are long on enthusiasm and short on useful information. As a professional engineer I now have just what Ineed to design a straw bale building in an earthquake zone.

Not for the layman -
The information in the book was too detailed for the layman. This book is more for the architect and/or structual engineer or student of engineering and architecture. While I understood the concepts since I have already built a strawbale house as a layman it was way beyond what I would be look for in designing a straw bale house. I would recommend it to an architect who was going to design a straw bale house but not for the layman looking for ideas.

Good, specific information -
An excellent book for anyone interested in the specifics/codes/details of straw bale buildings, with special attention to moisture and structure.

I was a bit dismayed to find an admonishment to avoid designing parapets or "Santa Fe" style buildings, but I understand the advice. However, a web search yielded some suggestions on overcoming the disadvantage of zero-overhang inherit in parapet roofs. As I will be building in Santa Fe and want an adaptation of the parapet style, I will continue research on overcoming this disadvantage (I am not building a full parapet roof, but am using a parapet look to make a 360 degree balcony available to my master bedroom).

straw bale Bible -
For architects especially - dealing with technical issues and codes - and serious others as well, this is THE must-own first book to get on the intelligent, competent and wise use of straw bales in building construction. And do not forget the Art along the way. Editor/Engineer Bruce King and his team of top expert contributors make it all accessible, exciting and enticing to any adventurous designer considering use of this stimulating new/old material.

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