Page 32 RAIN November/December 1984 Oregon Style: Architecture 1840 to 1950s, by Rosalind L. Clark, 1983, 232 pp., $19.95 (add $2 for shipping) from: Professional Book Center 5211 NE Sandy Boulevard Portland, OR 91213 This valuable ~ourcebook documents Oregon's architectural he,ritage. The. book is organized chronologically, by style, beginning with Log Buildings and concluding with the Northwest Regional Style. For eacn style, the author lists six characteristic elements-roof, roof details, shape and mass, windows and doors, construction materials, and decorative ele-· ments-and briefly describes the way the style was adapted in Oregon. The bulk of the book is photos of each style, with long captions delineating details of the style and giving anecdotes here and there. This is not a guidebook; the locations of the buildings are given by town ("Portland"), not address. Portland residents, in particular, will recognize many of the stately downtown buildings that they've glanced at but never examined closely. - TK Design Tools for Energy Efficient Homes, by Ken Eklund and David Baylon, second edition, 1983, about ~50 pp., $14.95 from: Ecotope 2812 East Madison Seattle, WA 9811..2 Easy-to-use handbook for builders, designers, and students who want to understand, analyze, and build energy-efficient homes. Replete with worksheets and tables (more than half the book comprises appendices, which include load curves and a solar-system checklist), this well-designed book provides clear information on choosing materials and technologies for energy efficiency. Construction diagrams show caulking, vapor..:barrier, and insulation details. The Northwest Power Planning Council spurred the development of cost-efficient residential building standards for the region, and this book tells how to design and build to these standards. As such, it's geared to a Pacific Northwest audience, but it also NW PUBLICATIONS · Oregon Solar Energy Directory, compiled by the Oregon Department of Energy, 1984~ 26 pp., free from: Oregon Department of Energy Room 102, Labor and Industries Building Salem, OR 97310 . This directory begins with a few pages of consumer advice for buying and installing solar systems, and then goes on to list alternative-energy information centers and referral services, ' citizen energy groups, and solar designers, builders, distributors, and manufacturers throughout the state. The directory is current through July 1984 (it even lists Rain at our new address). -FLS Oregon Coast Range Wilderness, edited by Sherry Wellborn, 1982, 90 pp., $4.95 from: Siuslaw Task Force PO Box863 Corvallis, OR 97339 Even after more than a century of frenzi'ed logging, and several devastating forest fires, the Oreg<:m Coast Range still retains areas, albeit small ones, that r.emain in their original wild state. The Siuslaw Task Force, a group of concerned coastal residents and wilderness activists, has published a booklet that both showcases these potential wilderness areas and offers detailed information on geology, climate, flora, and fauna of one of the more abused and neglected areas in the Pacific Northwest. Six wilderness areas are covered, with maps showing access roads, trails, boundaries, streams, and natural features and landmarks. You"ll probably want to purchase a topographic map from the U.S. Geological Survey for any hiking, though. The booklet also includes sections on the 1477 offshore islands and rocks found along the coast, and a chapter on the several long-distance trails thaJ are either proposed or under construction, such as the nearly · complete, 380-mile Oregon Coast trail. Sprinkled throughout the booklet are a series of detailed and delightful line drawings depicting the region's wildlife and plant life. Let's hope more people see this ex~ellent resource guide to Oregon's most neglected wildlands. -SM l provides a splendid model for other The Andrew]. Sherwood House in Coquille, an example of the Queen A1111e Style regio"ns. -TK (FROM: Oregon Style) - ··- - - ----· --------.. ----·-·---------·- ---------- -------· -----------------------~
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