Steel Framed House
This article makes all the usual points in favor of steel for house framing that one might find today in steel framing industry’s literature.
Steel House Frame Gives Skyscraper Strength (original article)
Bagasse House
This short article describes a house built mostly of bagasse lumber and sheathing.
“Sugar-Cane “Lumber” Resists Heat And Cold” (original article)
Bagasse (Wikipedia)
Oct 192010
Floating Land
This article describes an interesting custom in home building in the Village of Giethoorn in Nothern Holland. Large slices of land are first cut and then carefully guided where it will used to build a house. Giethoorn has become a tourist attraction and is often referred to “Venice of the Netherlands”.
Floating Land For Home Sites In Holland (original article)
Village of Giethoorn (Wikipedia)
Steel-Framed House
If you think steel-framed houses are a modern-day concept, think again. This short news items describes a steel-framed house from the distant 1921.
Fire, Storm, And Rat-Proof All-Metal House
Nuconsteel (Company providing the modern-day steel framing)
Bagasse Particle Board
If you follow green building issues you might have encountered the idea of particle board made from bagasse. This article about proves this is a pretty old idea which still makes sense.
Sugar-Mill Waste Yields Durable Building Material
Bungalow
Popular Mechanics used to sell a one-sheet blueprint for houses they’ve featured for $1. This attractive bungalow may offer the basis for your own new home. Small houses are inherently more energy-efficient than large ones. The decades long trend of ever larger American homes is unsustainable.
A Better Investment Than Wall Street Can Offer
Some of us could go even smaller – see Tumbleweed Tiny House Company .
Stippling
In this article Berton Elliot describes the wall painting technique of stippling. Combine this information with a video about stippling and you will be able to successfully stipple your own walls.
How To Stipple Your Own Walls
How to Do a Stippling Technique – video by Donnalynne Lefever
Building Stone House
This short news item describes how Ernest M. Belanger and wife built a lovely stone home over six years. They’ve gathered thousands of stones from nearby fields. Belanger worked nights as a government mail clerk and worked during available daylight hours on the hose.
This kind of stone walls were pioneered by Ernest Flagg, a successful New York architect. Later, others like Ralph Borsodi and Helen and Scott Nearing modified this method and built very nice stone homes.
Sep 132010
Adobe House
This short article describing adobe construction in Southern California proves that alternative construction methods is nothing new.
Build Your House Out of You Own Back Yard
