Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook

"This book is a timely and important tool for the empowerment of communities facing housing deficits. The Red Feather project is extremely important; it is truly making a difference."?Jane Goodall For more than a decade the Red Feather Development Group, a volunteer-based organization, has built and repaired straw bale houses for Native Americans. Somewhere along the way?and this was certainly not the plan?they created an architectural phenomenon: This inexpensive, environmentally sound, easily constructed, and downright beautiful form of building has, for good reason, caught the public's imagination. Here, Red Feather provides a step-by-step, easy-to-follow manual for would-be strawbale builders?indeed, they supply everything you'll need but time, energy, and lots and lots of straw. Informative sections on safety, design, tools, and materials, and case studies picked from over thirty-five Red Feather projects give a comprehensive overview to straw-bale building. But this book is much more than a construction manual. It is also the inspiring story of Red Feather itself, a tale of community action and cooperation that suggests a can-do solution to the growing housing crisis on America's Native American reservations. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-03-2009; Best Quick Hands-on Reference; We just finished building our own strawbale home and have read pretty much all the straw bale books published within the last several years. The Red Feather Handbook was, by far, the easiest quick reference as we delved into elements...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-08-2008; Brief but adequate construction guide FOR WESTERN STRAW BALE ONLY; Frankly, I like this book, despite my 2-star rating of it. It has some excellent information in it as well as excellent photos, and it is well laid out. However, it is intended for very specific and limited uses, which are not really...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-25-2008; Great book for the layman; I found this book to be very helpful with pictures and building concepts easy to understand by the layman. The chapters are well layed out on each step of the building process and gives a lot of good tips both in dealing with the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-20-2007; Good book; This was really a good book and I would recommend it very much.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-03-2009; Best Quick Hands-on Reference; We just finished building our own strawbale home and have read pretty much all the straw bale books published within the last several years. The Red Feather Handbook was, by far, the easiest quick reference as we delved into elements...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-08-2008; Brief but adequate construction guide FOR WESTERN STRAW BALE ONLY; Frankly, I like this book, despite my 2-star rating of it. It has some excellent information in it as well as excellent photos, and it is well laid out. However, it is intended for very specific and limited uses, which are not really...; read full review | report as inappropriate