The Consumer Advocate's Guide to Home Inspection: Avoiding the Nightmare of Purchasing a Money Pit
Barry Stone
Dearborn Trade Publishing
December 2002
HOW BUILDINGS WORK
The Natural Order of Architecture
Second Edition
Edward Allen
Oxford University Press
1995
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ILLUSTRATED
Second Edition
Francis D.K. Ching
Van Nostrand Reinhold
1991
RESIDENTIAL FRAMING
A Homebuilder's Construction Guide
William P. Spence
Sterling
1993
AMERICAN SHELTER
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home
Lester Walker
The Overlook Press
1996
WHY BUILDINGS FALL DOWN
Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
W.W. Norton and Company
1992
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE
2000 Edition:
NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE
STANDARD MECHANICAL CODE
STANDARD PLUMBING CODE
STANDARD GAS CODE
ONE AND TWO FAMILY DWELLING CODE
STANDARD BUILDING CODE
MODEL ENERGY CODE
RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
R.S. Means and Company, Inc.
1998
WOOD HANDBOOK
Wood as an Engineering Material
USDA Forest Service
1999
WOOD DECKS
Materials, Construction, and Finishing
Kent A. McDonald
Robert H. Falk
Jerrold E. Winandy
USDA Forest Service
1996
ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC STANDARDS
Various Editions
INSTALLATION STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, Inc.
SMACNA
1992
THE NOT SO BIG HOUSE
CREATING THE NOT SO BIG HOUSE
Sarah Susanka
Taunton Press
1998/2000
THE TEN BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Dover
1960
A PATTERN LANGUAGE
Christopher Alexander et. Al.
Oxford University Press
1977
THE PLACE OF HOUSES
Charles Moore/Gerald Allen/Donlyn Lyndon
University of California Press
1974/2000
HOME
Witold Rybczynski
Penguin Books
1986
DESIGNING YOUR NATURAL HOME
Charles Woods and Malcomb Wells
John Wiley and Sons
1992
A BUILDER'S GUIDE TO ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES IN GEORGIA
Southface Energy Institute
404-872-3549
www.southface.org
BUILDER'S GUIDE
Mixed-Humid Climates
Joseph Lsitburek
Building Science Corporation
978-589-5100
www.buildingscience.com
ENERGY ECONOMICS AND BUILDING DESIGN
William T. Meyer
McGraw-Hill
1983