house construction

Describes the steps involved in the process of building a house from design to finished product, and includes a look at different styles of homes, as well as an essay on architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

This book discusses building styles and presents a look at the past by studying the development of architecture.

Describes the process of building a house including buying the land, drawing up plans, and the actual construction.

Mimi wants to build a mouse house where she can just be herself.

A step-by-step description of how a new house is built, from the architect's first blueprint to the day a family moves into its new home.

Addresses the special techniques of constructing an addition and joining it to a house.

Explains how houses are made from trees, in simple text with illustrations, from loggers cutting down trees, to machines digging holes for the foundation.

Directions for making structures of snow, cans, newspapers, and other materials often considered trash. Also includes instructions for a windmill, greenhouse, and solar heating projects.

Looks at the different parts of a house and describes how houses get built from the ground up.

Presents the history of homebuilding as practiced by the colonists in pre-Revolutionary days.