The Hand-sculpted House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Hand-sculpted House write by Ianto Evans. This book was released on 2002. The Hand-sculpted House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cob, a structural composite of earth, water, straw, clay, and sand, has been used for centuries, in virtually all parts of the world, to create homes ranging from mud huts in Africa to lavish adobe haciendas in Latin America. This practical and inspiring hands-on guide teaches anyone to build a cob dwelling.
Building with Cob
Building with Cob - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building with Cob write by Adam Weismann. This book was released on 2006. Building with Cob available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The ancient method of cob building uses a simple mixture of clay sub-soil, aggregate, straw and water to create solid structural walls built without shuttering or forms, onto a stone plinth. It is now undergoing a renaissance as an 'eco-friendly' building material because of its amazing 'green' credentials. 'Building with Cob' shows how to apply this ancient technique in a wide variety of contemporary situations, covering everything from design and siting, mixing, building walls, fireplaces, ovens and floors, lime and other natural finishes, and gaining planning permission and building regulation approval. It also explains in detail how to sensitively restore an old cob structure. This book is a step-by-step guide, lavishly illustrated with over 300 colour photos and 85 diagrams."--Amazon.
Cottage Building in Cob
Cottage Building in Cob - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cottage Building in Cob write by Clough Williams-Ellis. This book was released on 1919. Cottage Building in Cob available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Cob Builders Handbook
The Cob Builders Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cob Builders Handbook write by Becky Bee. This book was released on 1997. The Cob Builders Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand, and straw. Becky Bee's manual is a friendly guide to making your own earth structure, with chapters on design, foundations, floors, windows and doors, finishes, and of course, making glorious cob. "I believe that building with cob is a way to recreate community and experience the joy of working together while taking back the right to build our own homes and look after our Mother Earth." She loves doing something that makes sense in a world where lots of things don't.
Built by Hand
Built by Hand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Built by Hand write by Athena Swentzell Steen. This book was released on 2003. Built by Hand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Built by Hand is a celebration of what is so uniquely diverse and yet similar in the buildings of different cultures around the world. Beginning with the most basic ways that human beings have sought shelter-beneath the trees and stars, under the protection of a rock cliff or cave-this book traces the transformation of materials such as earth, stone, wood or bamboo into shelters that are both stationary and moveable.
