The Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship

“This book is a timely and important tool for the empowerment of communities facing housing deficits. The Red Feather project is extremely important; it is truly making a difference.”

— Jane Goodall, U.N. Messenger of Peace

For the past decade, volunteer-based organization Red Feather has worked with tribal elders to repair homes through its American Indian Housing Initiative. After recently becoming a nonprofit, Red Feather Development Group has focused on straw bale home construction and participatory design with the collaboration of Rose Fellow Nathaniel Corum. Together they refined a process for building straw bale houses. This inexpensive, environmentally-sound, efficient and beautiful form of building has caught the public’s imagination. In response, Nathaniel Corum authored Building a Straw Bale House (Princeton Architectural Press.)

Now in its second printing, this step-by-step manual for would-be straw bale builders gives a comprehensive overview of the process and includes informative sections on safety, design, tools, and materials. More than a construction manual, the book is also a tale of community action and cooperation that suggests a can-do solution to the growing housing crisis on America’s Native American reservations.

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  11.01.2005 | “BOOK: Building a Straw Bale House” | Architecture Magazine | Robert Klara

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• New straw bale book illustrates straw bale techniques and expands on design/build work with tribal communities

  09.01.2005 | “Building a Straw Bale House: the Red Feather Construction Handbook” | Princeton Architectural Press | Nathaniel Corum

  On the strength of the prototype Building One House, Princeton Architectural Press encouraged the expansion and illustration of Rose Fellow Nathaniel Corum’s manuscript in order to make green, affordable housing approaches and the community design method available to a wider readership with the book Building A Straw Bale House.

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Publisher

Princeton Architectural Press

Published

October 2005

Description

192 pages

ISBN Number

ISBN# 1568985142