Preface
Introduction
How to Use This Manual
    Design                                         1  (140)
      drawings                                     2  (6)
      house form                                   8  (7)
      spaces                                       15 (3)
      how to design a house                        18 (12)
      models                                       30 (4)
      dimensions                                   34 (4)
      environment                                  38 (16)
      lighting                                     54 (8)
      siting a house                               62 (11)
      buildings                                    73 (16)
      settlements                                  89 (9)
      climate                                      98 (8)
      urban spaces                                 106(10)
      circulation                                  116(17)
      natural environment                          133(8)
    Humid Tropics                                  141(82)
      house shapes                                 142(2)
      roofs                                        144(14)
      structures                                   158(36)
      pests                                        194(5)
      doors and windows                            199(3)
      ventilation                                  202(2)
      humidity                                     204(6)
      roads and bridges                            210(13)
    Dry Tropics                                    223(46)
      house shapes                                 224(4)
      ventilation                                  228(15)
      roofs                                        243(17)
      windows                                      260(9)
    Temperate Zone                                 269(26)
      climate                                      270(6)
      heating                                      276(4)
      solar collector rooms                        280(6)
      heaters                                      286(9)
    Materials                                      295(52)
      selecting materials                          296(2)
      earth                                        298(18)
      ferrocement                                  316(9)
      sand                                         325(1)
      lime                                         326(3)
      wood                                         329(3)
      cactus                                       332(2)
      bamboo                                       334(6)
      sisal                                        340(2)
      seacrete                                     342(5)
    Construction                                   347(194)
      preparation                                  350(6)
      using materials                              356(6)
      foundations                                  362(14)
      walls                                        376(56)
      panels                                       432(8)
      floors                                       440(8)
      roofs                                        448(32)
      doors and windows                            480(22)
      services                                     502(7)
      special items                                509(18)
      tools                                        527(9)
      ecotechniques                                536(5)
    Energy                                         541(40)
      heat and motion                              542(2)
      mills                                        544(6)
      solar heat                                   550(20)
      stoves                                       570(11)
    Water                                          581(62)
      location                                     582(4)
      pumps                                        586(14)
      moving water                                 600(8)
      cisterns                                     608(8)
      filters                                      616(6)
      purification                                 622(12)
      irrigation                                   634(3)
      cooling & conservation                       637(6)
    Sanitation                                     643(36)
      equipment                                    644(9)
      bason                                        653(19)
      coban                                        672(5)
      drainage                                     677(2)
    Maps & Tables                                  679(19)
      materials and heat                           680(2)
      measurements                                 682(2)
      mixtures                                     684(4)
      climate zones                                688(4)
      angles                                       692(6)
    Appendix                                       698(1)
glossary                                           699(1)
bibliography                                       700(2)
index                                              702