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The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: A Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage (The Real Goods ... Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: 10
Ianto Evans
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Description for The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: A Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage (The Real Goods ... Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: 10
paperback. Num Pages: 346 pages, 8 Pages of Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNC; TNK; TNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 906.
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,cobb, 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 ... Read more
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,cobb, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Weight
915g
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
White River Junction, United States
ISBN
9781890132347
SKU
V9781890132347
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About Ianto Evans
Ianto Evans is an applied ecologist, landscape architect, inventor, and teacher with building experience on six continents. Cob is traditional in his homeland, Wales. In addition to teaching ecological building, Ianto has consulted with USAID, the World Bank, the Peace Corps, and several national governments. Linda Smiley teaches workshops on cob, sculpting sacred spaces, intuitive design, ... Read more
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