A Place of My Own: Bibliography

About the book:

Michael Pollan homepage
The Writing House (photos)
Mr. Pollan Builds His Dream House.  Verlyn Klinkenborg. NY Times.
NPR Workhut: All Things Considered (NPR), April 19, 1997 (radio interview)
This New House, review by Witold Rybczynski, New York Review of Books, May 1997

Articles by Michael Pollan:

Building a Room of My Own. The New York Times Magazine, February 9, 1997 Living at the Office. The New York Times, March 14, 1997
Homes & Gardens: Inner Space. The Guardian (UK), June 14, 1997
The Human Habitat: The Real World of Interiors. The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 1999
The Way We Live Now: Land of the Free Market. The New York Times Magazine, July 11, 1999
The Triumph of Burbopolis. The New York Times Magazine, April 9, 2000
Town-Building Is No Mickey Mouse Operation. The New York Times Magazine, December 14, 1997
 

About topics discussed in the book:

Chapter 1
Bachelard
The Poetics of Space (excerpts on Google Books)
The Poetics of Space (review article)
Tiny Housesby Lester Walker: radio show
 
Chapter 2
Vitruvius
Feng shui
Wikipedia article
Which way does my property face?
you-tube videos on the SOP channel
 
Chapter 3
Christopher Alexander
Pattern Language. com
Video: Designing with Forces: How to Apply Christopher Alexander in Everyday Work
The Structure of Pattern Languages By Nikos A. Salingaros
Interview: I Don’t Want To Hear About Green Buildings Any More
projects designed and built by Christopher Alexander
NPR interview
PPS article on Alexander
The Oregon Experiment 
Vincent Scully Prize: Panel discussion on Alexander (video)
 
Chapter 4
Learning from Las Vegas
Interview with Venturi and Brown video

Chapter 5
House framing (wikipedia)
Common Landscape of America, 1580-1845 By John R. Stilgoe

Chapter 6
Vanna Venturi house
Eisenman
House VI: images and discussion
House VI: video animation
House VI: another video
Eisenman on youtube
Eisenman interview on youtube