7.17.USA-5-detail-a Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Build to last from local materials. Corncribs are used to store and dry ears of corn for animal feed. Some
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7.18.USA-5-detail-b Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can keep learning more from shutters. I have drawn and written about shutters multiple times in this book

7.19.USA-5-detail.c porch post detail Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can reduce waste and toxins with smart design. The post detail on the left of

7.20.USA-5-detail-d Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Look again at passive geothermal for energy reduction. I have drawn and written about bank barns multiple times in

7.20.USA-5-detail-d Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Look again at passive geothermal for energy reduction. I have drawn and written about bank barns multiple times in

7.22.USA-6-detail-a Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can find inspiration in tools and natural structures. Over the course of making these drawings in the field, I

7.22.USA-6-detail-a Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can find inspiration in tools and natural structure. Over the course of making these drawings in the field, I

7.23.USA-6-detail-b Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Problem solving through friction reduction. Friction is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.

7.27.USA-7-detail-a Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can build to last rather than create disposable properties. Stone construction speaks to more permanence than siding. Material

7.28.USA-7-detail-b system built Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can rethink modular construction as “system built.” We make kitchen cabinets in a controlled workshop or