Roundwood Timber Framing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Roundwood Timber Framing write by Ben Law. This book was released on 2010. Roundwood Timber Framing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This definitive manual marks the birth of a new vernacular for the 21st century. Over 400 color photographs and step-by-step instructions guide you through the building of anything from a garden shed to your own woodland house. This practical how to book will unquestionably be a benchmark for sustainable building using renewable local resources and evolving traditional skills to create durable, ecological, and beautiful buildings.
The Woodland House
The Woodland House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Woodland House write by Ben Law. This book was released on 2005. The Woodland House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Full of colour photographs, this is a visual guide to how Ben Law built his home in the woods. It is also a practical manual and the story of a man realising a lifetime's dream to build one of the most sustainable and beautiful homes in Britain." "This book details the evolving design process, identification of material requirements, costings, project management and the actual building. It proves that low cost, low impact and high aesthetics can go hand in hand and that it is possible to build green and to build affordably."--BOOK JACKET.
Timber Framing for the Rest of Us
Timber Framing for the Rest of Us - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Timber Framing for the Rest of Us write by Rob Roy. This book was released on 2004-04-01. Timber Framing for the Rest of Us available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. All those of us without traditional skills need to know to build with timber framing Many natural building methods rely upon the use of post and beam frame structures that are then in-filled with straw, cob, cordwood, or more conventional wall materials. But traditional timber framing employs the use of finely crafted jointing and wooden pegs, requiring a high degree of craftsmanship and training, as well as much time and expense. However, there is another way... Timber Framing for the Rest of Us describes the timber framing methods used by most contractors, farmers, and owner-builders, methods that use modern metal fasteners, special screws, and common sense building principles to accomplish the same goal in much less time. And while there are many good books on traditional timber framing, this is the first to describe in depth these more common fastening methods. The book includes everything an owner-builder needs to know about building strong and beautiful structural frames from heavy timbers, including: the historical background of timber framing crucial design and structural considerations procuring timbers-including different woods, and recycled materials foundations, roofs, and in-filling consdierations the common fasteners. A detailed case study of a timber frame project from start to finish completes this practical and comprehensive guide, along with a useful appendix of span tables and a bibliography. Highly illustrated, this book enables 'the rest of us' to build like the professionals and will appeal to owner-builders, contractors and architects alike.
The Woodland Year
The Woodland Year - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Woodland Year write by Ben Law. This book was released on 2009-04-02. The Woodland Year available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Packed with stunning color photographs, The Woodland Year is an intimate month-by-month journey through Ben Law’s yearly cycle of work, his naturally attuned lifestyle, and his deep understanding of his woods. The Woodland Year provides a fascinating insight into every aspect of sustainable woodland management, including the cycles of nature, seasonal tasks, wild food gathering, wine making, mouthwatering and useful recipes, coppice crafts, round-pole timber-frame eco-building (pioneered by Ben), nature conservation, species diversity, tree profiles, and the use of horses for woodland work. This is a profound book that is both practical and poetic. It describes a way of life that is economically and ecologically viable and sets a new standard for managing our woods in a low-impact, sustainable way. As such, it holds some of the fundamental keys to how we can achieve a lower-carbon society.
Reciprocal Frame Architecture
Reciprocal Frame Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reciprocal Frame Architecture write by Olga Popovic Larsen. This book was released on 2008. Reciprocal Frame Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Simple and beautifully illustrated introduction to the use of reciprocal frame structures in architecture.
