Building Design


A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
Building Construction Illustrated
Be A Successful Building Contractor
Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies, 2nd Edition
A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses
The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction (For Pros / By Pros)
Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. Surrounding Objects
Thinking Architecture
Green Building: Principles and Practices in Residential Construction (Go Green with Renewable Energy Resources)
Green Building Illustrated
Rice's Architectural Primer
Insideout: Design Procedures for Passive Environmental Technologies, 2nd Edition
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
Convergence: An Architectural Agenda for Energy
Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
Shannon Taylor Scarlett
Foundational design principles regarding aesthetics, symbolism and meaning of place were for the old-timer carpenter, simply routine. Unfortunately, these principles began to lose their footing in the late 1800s, when building practices shifted toward more commercial technologies.
Shannon Taylor Scarlett, Simple Rules: What the Oldtime Builders Knew