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Indigenous Builders 4
Ghana Paul Marchant 6
Rendille Anders Grum 10
East Africa Jack Fulton 12
Disaster Housing lan Davis 14
New Guinea Ajit Mangar 18
Urus James Warfield 20
Pacific Islands
D. Stafford Woolard 22
Menorca
Regan Bice & Josep Mascaro 28
Turkish Yurts Suha Ozkan 30
Mongolian Yurts 3 3
Tents Suba Ozkan 34
Greece Aris Konstantinidis 36
Plains Towns of Northwest Italy
John Hamilton Doyle 40
Celtic Dwelling M. Pierre Gac 42
Les Maisons
Paysannes Francaises Roger Fischer 44
English Cottages 46
Ireland 48
Gypsy Van
Denis E. Harvey 49
Kickapoo Peter Nabokov 50
North American
Houses and Barns 54
Sod Roger Welsch 54
Old Texas Buildings Burton Wilson 56
Country Buildings 60
Nova Scotia 62
Mississippi 63
California 64
Barns 65
Bungalows 70
Design 74
Climate, Site, Planting 76
Design Checklist 78
Flows 80
Toilets 81
Alternative Energy 82
Local Energy 83
Cold Climate Ned Cherry 84
Thermal Mass Michael Gaspers 85
Building Costs 86
Small Buildings 87
Flat Roof 88
Shed Roof 90
Low Gable 92
High Gable 94
Saltbox 96
Gambrel 98
Hip Roof 100
Gambrel Barn 102
Greenhouses 104
The Building Codes
Rob Thallon 105
Building Inspector
Herb Wimmer 108
Construction 111
Foundations 112
Floor Framing 119
Wall Framing 120
Roof Framing 122
Roofing 125
Windows 126
Doors 127
Siding 128
Insulation/Vapor Barrier 129
Sheetrock 130
Stairs 131
Plumbing/Wiring 132
Metal Chimneys/Safety 133
Nailing 134
Glossary 134
Working Studs Terkel 135
High School Carpenters 136
EarthquakePeter Yanev 138
Materials 140
Basic Adobe P. G. McHenry 140
Bamboo 142
Rigid Frame
Ole Wik 144
Log Octagon Don Gesinger 146
Idaho Log Cabin 148
West Virginia Log Cabin
PeteLundell 149
Building with Stone
Lewis & Sharon Watson 150
Homes 152
Orkney Islands Ruth Wheeler 156
Hoedad Yurts
Charles Craw ford 158
Sod Roof Robert Stowell 160
Vermont Cabin Robert Stowell 161
Starting Over lan Ingersoll 162
Color 164
Tent Top Ole Wik 166
Back to the City
George Abernathy 170
Interiors 172
Cities 174
Homeowners' Rehab 176
Homesteaders in the Bronx
Ned Cherry 182 Amsterdam Houseboats
Paul de Leenheer 188
Norfolk Street 190
Victorians 192
Ohmega Salvage
Vito San Joaquin 194
House Inspection
George Hoffman 196
Termites George Ho ff man 198
Industrialized
Housing 200
Domes 200
Dome Letters 202
Foam Domes Suha Ozkan 204
Polyurethane Foam 206
Sunbeams from Cucumbers 207
Space Colonies 208
Letters 214
Bibliography 220
Credits 222
Index 224