Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw Bale Architecture Kindle Edition

Great service and price. Exactly what the doctor ordered.

This book has provided me with all the information that I do need to design my own home. As a teacher of cultural heritage management, I do have a better understand of how we can restore our historic buildings to their original state, and as well teach my students the art of designing their own homes as well.

The only color picture is on the cover. The rest show nothing of importance and the text adds nothing to an understanding of how to actually build such a structure. It dose covers the math involved in determining the quality of a mix and the desired stress and compression requirements of rammed earth. Basically this is nothing but what one would expect from the back section of a real book on the subject. The author even refers you to other books if you want to actually learn how it done. He recommends five southern California Contractors to actually do the work. Basically the material is what one would expect free from the Government. Save your money you wont learn anything of value between the cover s of this piece of pulp.

It contains very good structural design examples, very well detailed, it alsocontains the average modulus of elasticity, and shear capacity.It would be nice to see the modulus of elasticity graph. But is very good.

there are better books in my library

Good book on Earth and Straw building.

This book educates the lay builder of "earth and straw" about the technical side of the mentioned building methods. This technical lingo is explained clearly for the person's understanding. This book bridges the gap between building inspetors and the "alternative" builder by increasing the technical knowledge of basic building structures and forces.

Learn how to build with earth, and straw. The one thing I didn't like about the book is that there are no photo's of finished projects.

A maneira que o autor escreve é de entendimento bastante simples, didático. Serve tanto para profissionais da área quanto para amantes dos sistemas construtivos em foco.