by Oliver Heath (2008)
'Urban Eco Chic' shows how we can all recycle materials, use sustainable products and become increasingly energy-efficient in our own homes, without compromising our sense of style.
Nancy Jack Todd and John Todd
Proposes the use of biology -- incorporating principles inherent in the natural world -- as a design for human settlements. The New Alchemy Institute on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, founded by the authors, is one of a number of projects in ecological design described in this book.
Rebecca Proctor
Features 50 stylish craft projects for the home, using discarded or repurposed materials. This title offers step-by-step illustrations that guide you through each project, and no special skills are needed. With chapters covering every room, it features everything from making cushions and bedlinen to turning an old crate into a bathroom cabinet.
David Pearson
Gathers ideas and advice on building, decorating, furnishing, and living with a toxin-free home built from natural materials.
photography by N. Jane Iseley
Architecture has been defined as "the gift of one generation to the next." In the South Carolina Low Country the gift is a particularly precious one-a rich treasure of buildings that not only charm us with their graceful beauty, but offer us a glimpse into a vanished world of prosperous plantations and provincial aristocracy.