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The Hand Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
Ianto Evans
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Description for The Hand Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage
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: 916.
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
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
White River Junction, United States
ISBN
9781890132347
SKU
9781890132347
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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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