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This is Ben Law at his best - a comprehensive book, full of practical information and packed with detailed photos all underpinned by years of hard-won experience and a sound philosophy. This has to be essential reading for the growing number of woodlanders keen to immerse themselves in all that woodlands have to offer. --Mike Abbott, woodland craftsman and author
Ben's work is unique... He's a 21st century woodsman, formulating a new building style based on the timber framing methods of his British ancestors, but incorporating new techniques and the realities of the present-day world. He's created a new vernacular, one that he's passing on to future builders via hands-on workshops and books like these. --Lloyd Kahn, author of Shelter, Homework and Builders of the Pacific Coast
Ben's beautiful book shows that intelligently sourced wood is ultimately the best building material we have: the most sustainable, the most versatile and easily the most pleasant to live with. By taking past traditions of roundwood timber framing and harnessing them successfully to the rigorous demands of modern building, Ben shows that wood is one of the most vital commodities for us to build a sustainable future on this planet. --Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, TV chef, author and campaigner
Ben's work is unique... He's a 21st century woodsman, formulating a new building style based on the timber framing methods of his British ancestors, but incorporating new techniques and the realities of the present-day world. He's created a new vernacular, one that he's passing on to future builders via hands-on workshops and books like these. --Lloyd Kahn, author of Shelter, Homework and Builders of the Pacific Coast
Ben's beautiful book shows that intelligently sourced wood is ultimately the best building material we have: the most sustainable, the most versatile and easily the most pleasant to live with. By taking past traditions of roundwood timber framing and harnessing them successfully to the rigorous demands of modern building, Ben shows that wood is one of the most vital commodities for us to build a sustainable future on this planet. --Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, TV chef, author and campaigner
Ben's work is unique... He's a 21st century woodsman, formulating a new building style based on the timber framing methods of his British ancestors, but incorporating new techniques and the realities of the present-day world. He's created a new vernacular, one that he's passing on to future builders via hands-on workshops and books like these. --Lloyd Kahn, author of Shelter, Homework and Builders of the Pacific Coast
Ben's beautiful book shows that intelligently sourced wood is ultimately the best building material we have: the most sustainable, the most versatile and easily the most pleasant to live with. By taking past traditions of roundwood timber framing and harnessing them successfully to the rigorous demands of modern building, Ben shows that wood is one of the most vital commodities for us to build a sustainable future on this planet. --Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, TV chef, author and campaigner
Ben's work is unique... He's a 21st century woodsman, formulating a new building style based on the timber framing methods of his British ancestors, but incorporating new techniques and the realities of the present-day world. He's created a new vernacular, one that he's passing on to future builders via hands-on workshops and books like these. --Lloyd Kahn, author of Shelter, Homework and Builders of the Pacific Coast
Ben's beautiful book shows that intelligently sourced wood is ultimately the best building material we have: the most sustainable, the most versatile and easily the most pleasant to live with. By taking past traditions of roundwood timber framing and harnessing them successfully to the rigorous demands of modern building, Ben shows that wood is one of the most vital commodities for us to build a sustainable future on this planet. --Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, TV chef, author and campaigner
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Since building his famous Woodland House from his own woodland, author Ben Law has evolved his own style of natural building now tried and tested on many other builds across England. Ben has built houses, workshops, a classroom, lean-tos, a shop and store to industrial specifications. Whilst this style's origins can be found in traditional forms of building Ben has developed an entirely new vernacular using many new ideas and techniques. Filled with detailed colour photographs and drawings, this unique and practical 'how to' book is unquestionably a benchmark for sustainainable building. It encourages communication between woodsmen, planners, architects and builders and helps to close the loop between environmental conservation, use of renewable local resources and the regeneration and evolution of traditional skills to create durable, ecological and beautiful buildings. "Ben Law shows us all how it might be possible to live a low-carbon, low-resource-intensive way of life and he does it by example, bringing his considerable experience as a woodsman, designer and builder to construction challenges. In this thought-provoking book Ben shows us how we can construct expediently and with the minimum of environmental effect." Kevin McCloud, TV presenter and author
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great dvd and book for the coffee table, have to say having waited ages for it i was really disapointed in its technical content. If you like ben (and i do) you will like this book,but if your looking for details on joints and how to cut them you may well feel a little disapointed. Come on Ben it`s already time to write another!! take a page from robert chambers log construction manual and you will be on the right track
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
High quality production with loads of lovely glossy photos and lots of inspiring ideas, but as I find with many of Ben's books they tend to lack a bit in substance as I would have loved to have seen much more detail on the actual techniques used so I could more easily go out and try something myself. It is really more of a coffee table/feel good read book than a guide to help with the actual process.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An excellent and informative book. I bought it for my fiancee who loves Ben Law and now wants to build a wooden house!
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