Do you have any good references on 'how to build a bicycle'?

Mission Bicycle is a good resource. Plus, you can look at perfecthowto for a construction gateway.

If you mean build as in ‘obtain the parts and assemble’ then @iamthemob‘s Mission link is an excellent start.

Plus the late, great Sheldon Brown can help with almost any specific questions like Will part A work with part B?
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

If you mean build as in ‘weld a frame from tubes’, here is some reading material.

http://www.phred.org/mailman/listinfo/framebuilders
http://www.bikeschool.com/frame.htm
http://www.living-room.org/ukraine.html
http://www.bohemianbicycles.com/frame%20class.html
http://www.brewracingframes.com/id56.htm
http://www.seanchon.com/2009/11/handmade-bicycles-frame-building-from-the-eyes-of-a-beginner/
http://www.henryjames.com/patman.html
http://www.phred.org/%7Ejosh/build/suppliers.html

Links from this thread:
http://www.fluther.com/89336/i-want-to-make-bicycles-am-i-crazy/