LibGuides: Carpentry Technology: Books

Architecture | Design | Data: Practice Competency in the Era of Computation (2018)
EBOOK
Offers a comprehensive framework, detailed analysis and critical assessment of the challenges and opportunities within architectural design, engineering and construction.

The Complete Visual Guide to Building a House (2013)
Call Number: 690.837 CAR
Combining the expertise of builder John Carroll and the engaging drawings of illustrator Charles Lockhart, this book is a complete course in residential carpentry and construction from the voice (and hand) of experience.
Dad Was a Carpenter: A Father, a Son, and the Blueprints for a Meaningful Life (2001)
Call Number: 306.874 KEM
The author describes how, several months after his father's death from Lou Gehrig's disease, he began sorting through years of accumulated belongings and materials that gave him a new understanding of his relationship with his late father, his father's love and courage, and his own loss.

Floor Plan Manual Housing, 5^th ed. (2018)
EBOOK
Approximately 160 international housing projects built after 1945 are documented and analyzed. The focus is on exemplary and transferrable projects, and on innovative and trendsetting concepts.

From Tree to Table: How to Make Your Own Rustic Log Furniture (2019)
Call Number: 684.1 GAR
Discover how to build rustic furniture from cut timber in this comprehensive guide for woodworkers. Award-winning outdoor writer Alan Garbers shows how to use raw logs to make cabin-style beds, tables, benches, lamps, coat racks, kiva ladders, and more.
The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives (2020)
Call Number: 338.06 DIA
A blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption. The authors probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives, including transportation, retail, advertising, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance.
Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter (2015)
Call Number: 694.092 MAC
Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist–'Carpenter's assistant: women strongly encouraged to apply'–despite being a Classics major who couldn't tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver. She got the job, and here tells the story of becoming a carpenter.

Joinery (2016)
EBOOK
This comprehensive and practical book demystifies the all-important subject of choosing, designing, and cutting woodworking joints. It's packed with insightful information and tricks of the trade that will advance the work of novices and seasoned craftsmen alike. Because whatever your skill level, there's always room for improvement when it comes to joinery.

The Maker's Manual: A Practical Guide to the New Industrial Revolution (2015)
Call Number: 338.642 MAI
A practical and comprehensive guide to becoming a hero of the new industrial revolution.
Nail Your Numbers: A Path to Skilled Construction Estimating & Bidding (2018)
Call Number: 690.068 GER
Lays out the procedures you need to bid wisely and estimate accurately one logical step at a time.
Practical Problems in Mathematics for Carpenters, 8^th ed. (2005)
Call Number: 694.01 HUT
Take command of any building and carpentry project with the robust, construction-specific math skills you will get from the this edition. Divided into short units, this combination book/workbook explains the math principles essential to carpentry and building construction in straightforward, concise language, and then reinforces each concept with samples of problems common in the trade.
Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, 3^rd ed. (2012)
Call Number: 690.0286 KIB
Using the latest version of U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system and other tools, Charles Kibert, in a clear and accessible writing style, addresses issues so that the reader can think critically and independently as part of the cutting edge in green building.

Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology, 20^th anniversary ed. (2000)
EBOOK
A definitive reference work and the cornerstone of every woodworker's library, now completely revised and updated. New information on composite materials, adhesives, and finishes brings this book into the 21st century, while more than 300 photographs bring important visual information to life. This edition covers the nature of wood and its properties, the basics of wood technology, and the woodworker's raw materials.

The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Materials and Systems for Every Part of Your Home, 4^th ed. (2018)
Call Number: 690.837 WIN
This new edition has 48 pages of brand-new material including new chapters on solar power and best-practice insulating as well as the latest code information and updated sections on framing, sheathing, air sealing, and heating and cooling, enabling the reader to visualize exactly how to tackle any building project or problem.

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