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by blueatlas 2155 days ago
I might add one more - Norm Abrams of This Old House wrote a book about the construction of his home - "Norm Abram's New House"
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Yes, good choice. I didn't include it mostly because I find that Norm's compromises on a few design elements/material selections may guide someone in the 'wrong' direction - but that's a huge value judgement on a book that is a quarter century old.

Another book he was involved with is "This Old House" (technically by Bob Vila I think) which is also good, but suffers again from the march of time. There are just certain things they show that wouldn't be done the same way today.