Natural Timber Frame Homes (ISBN 1586858602)

Great home design & reference book with awesome photos:
My wife & I are planning to build our own timber frame home in the Pacific Northwest. This book really helped out with our design and material selections. We have had the pleasure of touring both of the author's homes in Idaho and were impressed with the personal touches in each one.

thoughful, well written, beautiful photos.:
This book is far from typical. It is well written and has a strong theme about the economic and environmental imperative of natural building with local materials. Gibbs and Smith typically publish pictures books with writing that is secondary to design. This book has both great writing and great pictures. And it will challenge any homeowner, builder or designer to rethink conventional building norms. Well done.