Shelter, Energy & Eco-Design

From the founder of the Instagram feed @TinyHouse, which boasts 448k Instagram followers, comes a small, chunky inspiration book filled with photographs of the smallest abodes--from vans and boats to tree houses and cabins.

An inspiring, lavishly illustrated book about how artist Tom Gottsleben and his wife, Patty Livingston, spent years building and living in a 5-story spiral house made of stone Architects, landscape designers, and artists who explore metaphysical ideas in their work will be drawn to this singular approach to architecture and design Why was an a

The imperative to reduce our carbon footprint and focus on renewable energy is having a profound impact on our daily lives and the way we think about living spaces.

Everything you need to know to build with rammed earth in warm and cold climates.



Rammed earth sand, gravel, and clay or lime/cement binder packed into
forms is a low-energy, high-performance building method, yielding
beautiful, sustainable results. Its thermally stable and can be

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2 is a how-to guide enabling you to plant the rain by creating water-harvesting earthworksor rain gardens.