Design Considerations
- What will it take to build it?
- What will it take to use it?
- How long will it last me? (in terms of style, function, durability, and flexibility)
- Does it give me pleasure?
- Does it enhance my well-being?
From Green by Design
Green by Design
Creating a Home for Sustainable Living
by Angela Dean
Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2002
Shelter
Shelter Publications Inc, 1973
Not So Big House
by Sarah Suzanka
Taunton Press, 1998
A Primer on Sustainable Building
by William Browning and Dianna Lopez
Rocky Mountain Institute, 1995
A Pattern Language: Towns, Building, Construction
by Christopher Alexander, et al
Oxford University Press, 1977
Ecological Design
by Sim Van der Ryn
Island Press, 1996
Introduction to Permaculture
by Bill Mollison
Tagari Publications, 1995
In Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home Scale Permaculture
by Toby Hemenway and John Todd
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2001
Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development
by John Tillman Lyle
John Wiley and Sons, 1996