house construction

An introduction to the technology involved in building and furnishing homes. Includes experiments and modelmaking projects.

While watching the Habitat for Humanity volunteers build a house in the empty lot next to her house, Rosa and her new friend Matthew decide to fix up Rosa's tree house.

Until he learns more of what they are doing, a young boy is upset that his special Saturdays with his parents change when they volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.

After the death of his wife, a young girl's grandfather loses interest in life until he observes volunteers building a home for Habitat for Humanity.

Provides information on many types of homes from historical times to the present. Gives instructions for making models of houses.

Explores the many different kinds of shelters that can be built from plants. A hands-on activity teaches readers how to build a model hut.

Illustrations and text provide information about seventeenth and eighteenth-century construction techniques and tools, discussing every aspect of home building, from choosing trees to finishing work.

Discusses different house building techniques, including log buildings; timber frame; pole; cordwood, stone, and earth masonry; and earth seleters.

Follows, in text and photographs, the building of a house from the architectural plans to moving-in day.

Max decides to build a house beside the lake, and must call upon many different workers to help complete the project.