Online e-book from 1964 with wisdom about building a dwelling structure.
Obviously the cost information and some of the techniques and materials are dated, but many observations from years of construction experience may be invaluable.

from a book review:
Rex Robert's philosophy on house building was keep it simple, well thought out, livable, enjoyable, durable and economical. He recognized some Building Codes, custom, fashion, and prejudice (not to mention ignorance) can make building ones own home a needlessly expensive proposition. Rex Robert's was an engineer and consequently his reasons for doing things the way he did was logical from an engineering perspective not to mention seasoned with Mr. Robert's many other talents and accomplishments.

[This] was a book, I believe, that was designed to get you to think. To question convention yes, but not dismiss convention just to dismiss it but to see if convention was serving or being served. Not intended to be the last word on construction techniques or styles it was intended to delve into the basic function of a structure and how people could adopt an economical perspective to what is now considered the single most expensive purchase most people will ever make. The original book was a wonderful example of an argument for certain ways of building a house that one would love to live in and doubly so when there was a non-existent mortgage. Rex Robert's rarely mentioned building codes (UBC) and instead concentrated on a building style that answers economy and comfort versus convention.