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The quaint wooden house in Prickly Nut Wood is no fairytale concoction - it is an icon of the movement to combine ecology and ethics in design. --The Guardian
Ben's approach to building his house started with the materials. He selected the poles he wanted to build with and designed around them. He used no cement, no glues, no plastics, no rockwool, no toxic timber preservatives, no plasterboard, no PVC fascia boards, no polystyrene... This in itself is a hugely important statement at the peak of industrial civilisation. His house is a fusion of the best of the old and the best of the new. Solar panels sit alongside traditionally pegged joints. Highly efficient glazing sits in local timber frames. People sense from this house a connection back through history to a vernacular way of building that feels right. It embodies what Christopher Alexander calls a 'Timeless Way of Building'. The Woodland House is a gorgeous and glowing testimony to Ben's house. It has enough text to tell you what you need to know, but it lets the colour photos do most of the talking, and the result is a beautifully produced book that you could leave on any coffee table, it would melt the most hostile of hearts. It has an excellent collection of resources and other information, and it does what Permanent Publications books do best, it celebrates its subject, while at the same time passing on the practical tools to allow us to make one ourselves. --Rob Hopkins, Permaculture Magazine
Ben Law's unforgettable appearance on Channel 4's Grand Designs is captured stunningly in this beautiful record of how Ben built his woodland home. An innovative woodsman, he created one of the most sustainable homes in the country, and here he details his design process, materials and costings, proving that it is possible to go for high aesthetics and low cast and impact. If you're one of the over five million viewers who watch Ben you'll love falling into this amazing book; facts given, knowledge shared and information aside, the photographs of the outcome of the project can't fail but leave you with a deep longing for the spaces created. This is a dream that did come true and is all the more inspirational because of that. --Wave Magazine
Ben's approach to building his house started with the materials. He selected the poles he wanted to build with and designed around them. He used no cement, no glues, no plastics, no rockwool, no toxic timber preservatives, no plasterboard, no PVC fascia boards, no polystyrene... This in itself is a hugely important statement at the peak of industrial civilisation. His house is a fusion of the best of the old and the best of the new. Solar panels sit alongside traditionally pegged joints. Highly efficient glazing sits in local timber frames. People sense from this house a connection back through history to a vernacular way of building that feels right. It embodies what Christopher Alexander calls a 'Timeless Way of Building'. The Woodland House is a gorgeous and glowing testimony to Ben's house. It has enough text to tell you what you need to know, but it lets the colour photos do most of the talking, and the result is a beautifully produced book that you could leave on any coffee table, it would melt the most hostile of hearts. It has an excellent collection of resources and other information, and it does what Permanent Publications books do best, it celebrates its subject, while at the same time passing on the practical tools to allow us to make one ourselves. --Rob Hopkins, Permaculture Magazine
Ben Law's unforgettable appearance on Channel 4's Grand Designs is captured stunningly in this beautiful record of how Ben built his woodland home. An innovative woodsman, he created one of the most sustainable homes in the country, and here he details his design process, materials and costings, proving that it is possible to go for high aesthetics and low cast and impact. If you're one of the over five million viewers who watch Ben you'll love falling into this amazing book; facts given, knowledge shared and information aside, the photographs of the outcome of the project can't fail but leave you with a deep longing for the spaces created. This is a dream that did come true and is all the more inspirational because of that. --Wave Magazine
Ben's approach to building his house started with the materials. He selected the poles he wanted to build with and designed around them. He used no cement, no glues, no plastics, no rockwool, no toxic timber preservatives, no plasterboard, no PVC fascia boards, no polystyrene... This in itself is a hugely important statement at the peak of industrial civilisation. His house is a fusion of the best of the old and the best of the new. Solar panels sit alongside traditionally pegged joints. Highly efficient glazing sits in local timber frames. People sense from this house a connection back through history to a vernacular way of building that feels right. It embodies what Christopher Alexander calls a 'Timeless Way of Building'. The Woodland House is a gorgeous and glowing testimony to Ben's house. It has enough text to tell you what you need to know, but it lets the colour photos do most of the talking, and the result is a beautifully produced book that you could leave on any coffee table, it would melt the most hostile of hearts. It has an excellent collection of resources and other information, and it does what Permanent Publications books do best, it celebrates its subject, while at the same time passing on the practical tools to allow us to make one ourselves. --Rob Hopkins, Permaculture Magazine
Ben Law's unforgettable appearance on Channel 4's Grand Designs is captured stunningly in this beautiful record of how Ben built his woodland home. An innovative woodsman, he created one of the most sustainable homes in the country, and here he details his design process, materials and costings, proving that it is possible to go for high aesthetics and low cast and impact. If you're one of the over five million viewers who watch Ben you'll love falling into this amazing book; facts given, knowledge shared and information aside, the photographs of the outcome of the project can't fail but leave you with a deep longing for the spaces created. This is a dream that did come true and is all the more inspirational because of that. --Wave Magazine
Ben's approach to building his house started with the materials. He selected the poles he wanted to build with and designed around them. He used no cement, no glues, no plastics, no rockwool, no toxic timber preservatives, no plasterboard, no PVC fascia boards, no polystyrene... This in itself is a hugely important statement at the peak of industrial civilisation. His house is a fusion of the best of the old and the best of the new. Solar panels sit alongside traditionally pegged joints. Highly efficient glazing sits in local timber frames. People sense from this house a connection back through history to a vernacular way of building that feels right. It embodies what Christopher Alexander calls a 'Timeless Way of Building'. The Woodland House is a gorgeous and glowing testimony to Ben's house. It has enough text to tell you what you need to know, but it lets the colour photos do most of the talking, and the result is a beautifully produced book that you could leave on any coffee table, it would melt the most hostile of hearts. It has an excellent collection of resources and other information, and it does what Permanent Publications books do best, it celebrates its subject, while at the same time passing on the practical tools to allow us to make one ourselves. --Rob Hopkins, Permaculture Magazine
Ben Law's unforgettable appearance on Channel 4's Grand Designs is captured stunningly in this beautiful record of how Ben built his woodland home. An innovative woodsman, he created one of the most sustainable homes in the country, and here he details his design process, materials and costings, proving that it is possible to go for high aesthetics and low cast and impact. If you're one of the over five million viewers who watch Ben you'll love falling into this amazing book; facts given, knowledge shared and information aside, the photographs of the outcome of the project can't fail but leave you with a deep longing for the spaces created. This is a dream that did come true and is all the more inspirational because of that. --Wave Magazine
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Full of stunning photographs, this is a visual guide to how Ben built his outstandingly beautiful home.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book as a birthday present for my son who lives in Poland. He and his wife are building their own house in the mountains south of Krakow and have been inspired with Ben Law since seeing the original programme and the follow up "revisited" episode.
The book gives a clear insight to the problems, techniques needed and tips to a potential DIYey. The design and materials are particularly appropriate in Poland and they are hoping to build it next summer ready for their first child.
The book gives a clear insight to the problems, techniques needed and tips to a potential DIYey. The design and materials are particularly appropriate in Poland and they are hoping to build it next summer ready for their first child.
36 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you found the Grand Designs show an inspiration that left you wanting to find out more, then I'd recommend this book. The photography is great, and while it's not a guide to "The Good Life", you should find enough inspiriation that if your thirst is generally wetted, you'll be looking in to the sustainability issues much more. A fantastic Christmas present.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I loved watching the program on channel 4, the book is just as inspiring. Ben is a natural writer as well as being a man in touch with the way life ought to be. Oh for the bravery of this man.
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useful and interesting
I bought this for my dad for christmas, he is an architect, and has watched the programme of this house build many times. Read more
Published 4 months ago by bridgetb
The Woodland House
This book was recommended by my gardener. Very interesting , makes you wish you could do the same. The house looks wonderful but as far as I can gather, can't be sold or passed on... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sylvia
The Greatest Grand Design Bar None...
If you have watched the Grand Designs programmes over the years and saw the building of Ben Law's home in the woods... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by Martin Swift
amazingly brilliant
brilliant this is for anyone who is interested in eco-living and the like. Whether thinking about building your own house or not this is a very good read.
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by Luke W. Richards
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