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The EcoNest Home: Designing and Building a Light Straw Clay House
Paula Baker-Laporte
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Description for The EcoNest Home: Designing and Building a Light Straw Clay House
Paperback. Step-by-step instructions to build your own beautiful, environmentally friendly, healthy natural home. Num Pages: 320 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: AMCR; VSZ; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 792.
An EcoNest is not just a home-it is a breathtakingly beautiful structure that nurtures health and embraces ecology. This unique approach to construction combines light clay straw, timber framing, earthen floors, natural plasters, and other natural techniques with the principles of Building Biology to create a handcrafted living sanctuary. By bringing together time-honored traditions and modern innovations, owners of EcoNests enjoy living spaces that reflect the best of both worlds. The EcoNest Home is an in-depth exploration of the benefits of choosing this technique over conventional alternatives, combined with a complete practical guide for prospective designers and builders. Paula Baker-Laporte and Robert Laporte draw on their own extensive experience to provide: * A detailed explanation of the nature-based science behind EcoNests * Fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions to guide you through construction * Dozens of inspiring photos of completed projects The most comprehensive North American resource on light clay straw construction, written by its leading proponents, The EcoNest Home is a must-read for anyone considering building their own healthy, affordable, environmentally friendly natural home. Paula Baker-Laporte and Robert Laporte are the creators of the EcoNest concept and the authors of Econest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and Timber. Robert has built over fifty houses using the EcoNest system and has trained hundreds of professional builders and aspiring owner-builders in using the techniques. Paula has worked as the architect for the EcoNest Company for nearly two decades and is the author of Prescriptions for a Healthy House.
Product Details
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
792g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Gabriola Island, United States
ISBN
9780865717770
SKU
V9780865717770
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Paula Baker-Laporte
Robert Laporte introduced light clay straw construction to North America, combining it with a family of other hand-crafted techniques including traditional timber framing, earthen floors and natural plasters to create a holistic natural building system. He has built over 50 houses using this system, in climates ranging from the arid deserts of New Mexico to the frigid cold of Manitoba. Together with Paula Baker-Laporte, Robert created the EcoNest concept and has trained hundreds of professional builders and aspiring owner-builders in using the techniques. He is the co-author of Econest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and Timber. Paula Baker-Laporte is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and is considered one of the leading proponents of healthy building in North America. After struggling with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and regaining her own health, she became deeply interested in creating the most health-enhancing built environments possible, eventually turning to the European-based study of Bau-biologie or Building Biology. Together with Robert Laporte, Paula created the EcoNest concept and she has worked as the architect for the EcoNest Company for nearly 2 decades. She is the author of Prescriptions for a Healthy House and the co-author of Econest: Creating Sustainable Sanctuaries of Clay, Straw and Timber.
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