SMALL HOUSES AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES

BIGGER IS NOT NECESSARILY BETTER

Interested in finding out more about the principles and practices behind small home construction, sustainable building practices, and other alternatives? Try these resources:

GOOD BOOKS FOR SMALL HOUSES - - - Alexander, Christopher - A Pattern Language (1977) Alexander, Christopher - The Timeless Way of Building (1979) Boericke, Art - The Craftsman Builder (1979) Boericke, Art and Barry Shapiro - Handmade Houses (1985) Conder, Russell - Handmade Houseboats Easton, Bob - Shelter (2000) Fine Homebuilding - Small Houses (1995) Fine Homebuilding - More Small Houses (1998) Flanagan,Barbara and Andrew Garn - The Houseboat Book (2005) Haney, Robert David Ballantine, Jonathan Elliott - Woodstock Handmade Houses (1976) Jacobsen, Max, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow - Patterns of Home (2004) Kahn, Lloyd - Shelter II (1979) Kahn, Lloyd - Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter (2004) Kahn, Lloyd - Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008) Kelee, Katillic - House of Belief (2001) Lidz, Jane - Rolling homes: Handmade houses on wheels )1979) Komatsu, Eiko, Athena Steen, and Bill Steen - Built by Hand (2003) Messervy, Julie Moir and Sarah Susanka - Outside the Not So Big House (2006) Mulfinger, Dale and Susan E. Davis - The Cabin (2001) Nishiyama, Akira and Yoshio Komatsu - Wonderful Houses Around the World (2004) Pallidini, Jodi - Roll Your Own (1974) Pearson, David - The New Natural House Book (1998) Real Goods - Solar Living Source Book (2005) Rudofsky, Bernard - Architecture Without Architects (1987) Rudofsky, Bernard - The Prodigious Builders (1977) Smith, Bruce and Yoshiko Yamamoto - The Japanese Bath (2001) Susanka, Sarah - The Not So Big House (1998) Susanka, Sarah - Not So Big Solutions for Your Home (2002) Susanka, Sarah - Home by Design (2004) Susanka, Sarah and Grey Crawford - Creating the Not So Big House (2002) Tolpin, Jim - The New Cottage Home (2000) Van Langen, Johan - The Barefoot Architect (2007) MAGAZINES - - - Fine Homebuilding Home Power Inspired House

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