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My Story As Told Through Houses -- The Tract Home

redwing44, Legendary author | April 3rd, 20113 comments

These blogs around houses are excepts from a book that Taunton Press will publish this fall. Hope you read the book and let me know what you think of it. I do appreciate feedback. Thanks, Larry Haun

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IN PRAISE OF LEED

redwing44, Legendary author | March 20th, 20115 comments

Is there anything good we can say about the LEED program?

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My Story -- The Quonset Hut

redwing44, Legendary author | March 8th, 20111 comment

Sometimes we get it right and build like nature does. The Quonset hut is a good example of this.

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My Story Through Houses: The Manufactured House

redwing44, Legendary author | February 21st, 20114 comments

Manufactured houses can be delivered by a truck, arrive on it's own wheels, or set by a crane.

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My Story Through Houses: The Adobe

redwing44, Legendary author | January 29th, 20115 comments

Is building with the dirt we stand on not a green thing to do?

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The Pre-cut House

redwing44, Legendary author | January 6th, 20114 comments

Before World War II, pre-cut houses were inexpensive and commonly built throughout our country.

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My Story Through Houses: The Dugout

redwing44, Legendary author | December 13th, 20104 comments

The dugout may have been the best type of housing for western prairie dwellers living in sub-zero temperatures and howling winds.

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My Story As Told By Houses -- Part 3: The Old Frame House

redwing44, Legendary author | December 3rd, 201010 comments

Veteran carpenter Larry Haun continues his popular autobiographical series touching on the history -- and the possible future -- of houses in America, and the way we live in them.

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My Story As Told By Houses -- Part 2: The Straw Bale

redwing44, Legendary author | November 4th, 20103 comments

Straw bale house construction is undergoing a revival in our country. There seem to be many reasons for this. First, the basic building material, dry straw left over from harvesting grains like wheat, rye, and rice is easily obtained at a reasonable cost from local sources in our farming states. Much of the work needed to build with straw bales can be done by semi-skilled workers. Community minded people, friends and neighbors, can come together for a “bale-raising” party.

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My Story As Told By Houses-- Part 1, The Soddy

redwing44, Legendary author | October 12th, 201016 comments

“We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Only to the white man was nature a wilderness, and only to him was the...

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