Natural Timber Frame Homes : Building with Wood, Stone, Clay, and Straw

"Natural Timber Frame Homes" is a book about the future of houses - those inspired not by a technology-governed and energy-intensive world, but instead developed organically in response to the places in which we live.

Through beautiful photography and informed text, it explores the quiet splendour of traditional timberframe homes built with straw bales and plaster or clay-finished walls. "Natural Timber Frame Homes" addresses the home in five areas: effect on the surrounding environment, relationship to personal health, interaction with economy, engagement of the builders, and beauty and character.

The homes featured are adaptable to a variety of locations and can be constructed primarily with human power.