The woodland house
Publication Year
2005
Document Status
Current
Abstract
A visual guide to how Ben built his outstandingly beautiful home in the woods. Ben's amazing chestnut timber framed house was hewn from his own woodland. He infilled the frame with local straw bales and plastered them with his own clay and locally sourced lime. The roof was made from chestnut shingles and the weatherboard is local hand-milled oak. He even made his own window frames out of hand planed ash. He built the whole structure for under GBP28,000 with the help of volunteers, with no crane, no waste, no skip and not a unit of electricity off the National Grid. This book details the evolving design process, identification of material requirements, costings, project management and the actual building.
Author
Ben Law
ISBN
1856230317
Publisher Information
Porto Press Ltd
Porto Press is an independent publisher of books for professionals, academics and interested readers across a range of subject areas including wildlife, history and the built environment. Whittles Publishing has been acquired by Porto Press.
