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PublisherRizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-101890132349
ISBN-139781890132347
eBay Product ID (ePID)2269641
Product Key Features
Book TitleHand-Sculpted House : a Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDo-It-Yourself / General
Publication Year2002
IllustratorBednar, Deanne, Yes
GenreHouse & Home
AuthorMichael G. Smith, Linda Smiley, Ianto Evans
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight32.5 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7.9 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal693/.22
Synopsis" The Hand-Sculpted House inspired me to learn and do more and transformed how I saw homes and building in general."-- Mother Earth News "If you follow it word for word you will build yourself a house no matter who you are."--Builder Paul Dillon, quoted in The Irish Times Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as "an ecstatic house." The authors build a house the way others create a natural garden. They use the oldest, most available materials imaginable-earth, clay, sand, straw, and water-and blend them to redefine the future (and past) of building. Cob (the word comes from an Old English root, meaning "lump") is a mixture of non-toxic, recyclable, and often free materials. Building with cob requires no forms, no cement, and no machinery of any kind. Builders actually sculpt their structures by hand. Building with earth is nothing new to America; the oldest structures on the continent were built with adobe bricks. Adobe, however, has been geographically limited to the Southwest. The limits of cob are defined only by the builder's imagination. Cob offers answers regarding our role in Nature, family and society , about why we feel the ways that we do, about what's missing in our lives. Cob comes as a revelation, a key to a saner world. Cob has been a traditional building process for millennia in Europe, even in rainy and windy climates like the British Isles, where many cob buildings still serve as family homes after hundreds of years. Cob houses (or cottages, since they are always efficiently small by American construction standards) are not only compatible with their surroundings, they ARE their surroundings, literally rising up from the earth. They are full of light, energy-efficient, and cozy , with curved walls and built-in, whimsical touches. They are delightful. They are ecstatic.
LC Classification NumberTH4818.A3
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- 20. Jan. 2018
So far so good.
I'm still reading the book. It seems though, to be a well written book with a lot of pertinent information. Great use of Illustrations to picture the idea being conveyed.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 25. Nov. 2020
Build your own cob house!
Excellent book on all things cob. Extensive writing on the history, technicalities of building and possible problems and their solutions all wrapped in hippy back-to-the-land philosophy. If that's what you're looking for you will find it in this book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 07. Apr. 2024
Cob houses r awesome.
This book is in great condition and the reading is even better!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Nov. 2016
hand sculpted house
very informative and inspiring. Wish I was 30 years younger and I would attempt to put this info to action.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
