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30 Plans to inspire you to build your strawbale dream home.

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• Acknowledgments(p. vi)
• Introduction(p. vii)
• Single-Level Country Homes(p. 1)
• 360-Degree Views Around Cedar Jack Mesa(p. 3)
• Structure Harmonizing with a Treed Mesa Setting(p. 9)
• Accessible Desert Home(p. 15)
• Two Simple Forms Connected by a Soft Link(p. 21)
• Long, Linear House with a Lap Pool(p. 27)
• Home Displaying Creative Use of Recycled Materials(p. 33)
• Passive Solar Abode with a Softly Curved Roof(p. 37)
• Multilevel Country Homes(p. 41)
• Ranch Site Two-Story Home(p. 43)
• Strawbale, Cast-Earth, and Steel Home(p. 49)
• Family-Built Complex(p. 55)
• Multilevel Home Stepping Down a Slope(p. 61)
• Sophisticated Artistry in a Building Cluster(p. 65)
• Playful Home Amid Red Rock Castles(p. 73)
• Modest Home Expanded for a Growing Family(p. 79)
• Earthly Dwelling of the Feminine Divine(p. 85)
• Off-Grid Mountain Home(p. 91)
• Small-Town Dream Homes(p. 97)
• Curvaceous, Passive Solar Home(p. 99)
• Retirement Residence for the Future(p. 105)
• Home with Strawbale Inside Concrete Block(p. 109)
• Split Levels Stepping Up a Slope(p. 115)
• Hillside Three-Story in a Cohousing Community(p. 121)
• Additions and Remodels(p. 125)
• Two Buildings with Understated Southwest Elegance(p. 127)
• Garage Conversion to a Wellness Center(p. 135)
• Ecological Villa on the Beach(p. 139)
• Cottages and Studios(p. 143)
• French Country Guesthouse(p. 145)
• Artistic Garden Studio(p. 149)
• Community Buildings(p. 153)
• Lofty Strawbale-Wrapped Timber Frame(p. 155)
• Sandhill Crane-Shaped Strawbale Bird Watch(p. 159)
• The Lama Foundation Spiritual Community(p. 165)
• Natural Passive Solar Greenhouse(p. 169)
• School on the Roaring Fork(p. 175)
• Sources(p. 181)
• Photo Credits(p. 185)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Wayne Bingham has worked as building program director for the state of Utah for ten years and has been in private architectural practice for twenty years. He was instrumental in developing and building the AIA Habitat for Humanity house, and served as chairperson of the AIA Committee on the Environment. His work has been published in Architectural Digest and Popular Science, among others. Bill is building a straw bale home in Teton Valley, Idaho. Wayne J. Bingham and Colleen Smith, a husband-and-wife team, have been involved in strawbale design and building since 1998. They collaborated with Bill and Athena Steen on the development and production of Small Strawbale: Natural Homes, Projects & Design (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2005). They live in Salt Lake City and Idaho.