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MUST HAVE BOOKS ::

Building with Vision : Optimizing and Finding Alternatives to Wood
by Dan Imhoff

Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods
by Lynne Elizabeth (Editor), Cassandra Adams

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough & Michael Braungart

Green Building Resource Guide
by John Hermannsson

Prescriptions for a Healthy House: A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders and Homeowners
by Paula Baker

Natural Capitalism : Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Paul Hawken

ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE BOOKS ::

Seeking Structure from Nature : The Organic Architecture of Hungary
by Jeffrey Cook (Editor)

Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
by Andy Goldsworthy

Hugo Haring : The Organic Versus the Geometric Peter Blundell-Jones

Visionary Architecture: Unbuilt Works of the Imagination Ernest E. Burden

A Taliesin Legacy: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices
by Tobias S. Guggenheimer

The Architecture of Bart Prince: A Pragmatics of Place
by Christopher Mead

New Organic Architecture: The Breaking Wave
by David Pearson

Evolutionary Architecture: Nature As a Basis for Design
by Eugene Tsui

The Continuous Present of Organic Architecture
by Sidney K. Robinson

The Architecture of Arthur Dyson
by Mark Hammons

Goff on Goff: Conversations and Lectures
by Philip B. Welch

Nature and Architecture : Natural Forms in Man's Hand
by Paolo Portoghesi

A Living Architecture : Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin Architects
by John Rattenbury

Bruce Goff: 3 Houses (3 ViewMaster Reels Only) Malcolm Holzman, Michael Kaplan (Photographer)

Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship
by Myron A. Marty

ECOLOGICAL DESIGN BOOKS:

The Economy of Cities
by Jane Jacobs

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough & Michael Braungart

Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods
by Lynne Elizabeth (Editor), Cassandra Adams

Green Building Resource Guide
by John Hermannsson

The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design
by Sandra F. Mendler

Prescriptions for a Healthy House: A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders and Homeowners
by Paula Baker

Green Architecture
by James Wines

The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes
by Daniel D. Chiras

Sustainable Architecture White Papers

Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide
by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron

From Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design
by Nancy Jack Todd

Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier
by Chris Zelov

Ecological Design
by Sim Van Der Ryn

Designing With Nature: The Ecological Basis for Architectural Design
by Ken Yeang

Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate
by Rocky Mountain Institute

Natural Capitalism : Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Paul Hawken

Green Architecture
by James Wines


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