Resurrecting trash : Dan Phillips and the Phoenix Commotion / edited by Doug Haines [and others].

Title & Author:

Resurrecting trash : Dan Phillips and the Phoenix Commotion / edited by Doug Haines [and others].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Huntsville, Tex. : Texas Review Press, 2013.

Description:

164 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Notes:
Dan Phillips: trash in his DNA -- History of the Phoenix Commotion -- Victorian House -- Budweiser House -- Ranch House -- License Plate House -- Storybook House -- Charleston House -- Phoenix Commotion gallery -- Tree House -- Bone House -- Homestead initiative -- T.J. Burdett and Sons Recycling Center -- Waste Management public arts project -- Smither Park project -- The editors.

Summary:

The Phoenix Commotion is a local building initiative created to prove that constructing homes with recycled and salvaged materials has a viable place in the building industry. This process uses only apprentice labor and teaches marketable skills to anyone with a work ethic who is willing to swing a hammer. By keeping labor costs low and using donated or found materials, the homes created are truly affordable. (www.phoenixcommotion.com) This book is an examination of the history of Phoenix Commotion and the philosopy of Dan Phillips, the prime mover of the enterprise. Here readers will be introduced to the major projects of Phillips and Phoenix Commotion: the story behind them and the specifics of these unique structures, complete with black-and-white and color plates.--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9781933896861 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1933896868 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Phillips, Dan, 1946-
Phoenix Commotion (Organization)
Ecological houses Texas Huntsville.
House construction Materials Texas Huntsville.
Waste products as building materials Texas Huntsville.
Building materials Recycling Texas Huntsville.
Salvage (Waste, etc.) Texas Huntsville.
Construction industry Texas Huntsville.
Maisons écologiques Texas Huntsville.
Habitations Construction Matériaux Texas Huntsville.
Déchets (Matériaux de construction) Texas Huntsville.
Construction Matériaux Recyclage Texas Huntsville.
Construction Industrie Texas Huntsville.
HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living.
Building materials Recycling.
Construction industry.
Ecological houses.
Salvage (Waste, etc.)
Waste products as building materials.
Texas Huntsville.

Added entries:

Haines, Doug, 1975-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284174
Call No.: BIB 222830
Status: Available

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