 | Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $4.25 Fuller was one of the first designers to call attention to the escalating problems with modern design.
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 | Design with Nature (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design) by Ian L. McHarg
Buy new: $38.14 / Used from: $26.38 One of the first books to address the nature of the city and its landscape, introducing overlay planning methods and other techniques now common to the profession.
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 | The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
Buy new: $40.95 / Used from: $37.28 The first and perhaps the best in the series, as Alexander plumbs the depths of history and tradition in his search for a timeless way of building.
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 | Shelter
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.42 Fantastic compedium of sustainable design solutions down through the ages.
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 | New Bamboo: Architecture and Design by Marcelo Villegas
Buy used from: $157.19 Looking at bamboo in a whole new way
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 | Original Whole Earth Catalog, Special 30th Anniversary Issue
Where it all began
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 | Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $14.50 Mockbee has come up with fascinating solutions addressing the need to create a sense of place in neglected rural communities.
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 | Ecological Architecture: A Critical History by James Steele
Buy new: $37.12 / Used from: $25.00 James Steele provides a good review of green architecture through the twentieth century
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 | The Green Skyscraper: The Basis for Designing Sustainable Intensive Buildings by Ken Yeang
Buy used from: $99.95 Yeang has taken on perhaps the most contradictory of forms -- the sustainable skyscraper.
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 | Devil's Workshop:: 25 Years of Jersey Devil Architecture by S., Branch,M. Palladino
Buy new: $25.60 / Used from: $12.93 One of the more fascinating collaborative approaches to architecture
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 | Glenn Murcutt: Buildings and Projects 1962-2003, Second Edition by Francoise Fromonot
Buy used from: $77.50 Some environmentally sensitive solutions from the outback of Australia.
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 | Green Architecture (Architecture & Design) by James Wines
Buy used from: $1.97 Although not very comprehensive, Wines does provide a good survey of the current trends in eco-architecture.
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 | Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek
Buy used from: $13.90 Like Fuller, Papanek stresses the need to be more conscientious about industrial design and architecture.
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 | Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $3.93 New ways of thinking about design and construction.
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 | Sustainable Architecture White Papers (Earth Pledge Foundation Series on Sustainable Development)
Buy new: $13.26 / Used from: $3.91 A collection of essays by some of the leading figures in eco-architecture today.
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 | Ecological Design by Sim Van der Ryn
Buy used from: $6.36 Sim Van der Ryn cuts through the fuzzy images of ecological design, and explores some of the deeper ramifications.
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 | Real Goods Solar Living Source Book: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living (Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook)
Buy used from: $0.72 Great catalog showcasing many timely devices to aid you in sustainable living.
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 | The Book of Bamboo: A Comprehensive Guide to This Remarkable Plant, Its Uses, and Its History by David Farrelly
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $12.99 The Bamboo Bible
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 | The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining by Inc. Foxfire Fund
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.85 Great series of books on Appalachian living. This one shows you how to build a log cabin, among other things.
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 | Eric Sloane's An Age of Barns: An Illustrated Review of Classic Barn Styles and Construction by Eric Sloane
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $16.40 An illustrated guide to the art of barn raising.
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![Create an Oasis With Greywater: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems [superseded by new edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CNJE0YVNL._SL75_.jpg) | Create an Oasis With Greywater: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems [superseded by new edition] by Art Ludwig
Buy used from: $9.00 A great place to start when it comes to waste water.
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 | Composting Toilet System Book: A Practical Guide to Choosing, Planning and Maintaining Composting Toilet Systems by David Del Porto
Buy used from: $50.00 Everything you wanted to know about compost toilets but were afraid to ask
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 | Hundertwasser (Midsize) by Harry Rand
Buy used from: $18.06 Organic architecture takes on a whole new form.
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 | Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough
Buy new: $18.15 / Used from: $10.98 The book itself is a statement on ecological design, made from biodegradable plastic.
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 | Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses: Designs for Moderate Cost One-Family Homes by John Sergeant
Buy used from: $15.00 One of the more thorough investigations of Wright's Usonian vision.
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