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Review for Rammed-Earth House:
The beauty and grace of rammed earth construction is described in
fascinating detail by David Easton. The photographs of different
structures, both modern and ancient, by Cynthia Wright, create a
breathtaking glimpse into a building technique that is as old as human
history, but exactly suitable for today's resource-conscious and
environmentally friendly building needs - Oikos Bookstore
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About the Author
David Easton is the founder, along with Cynthia Wright, of
Rammed Earth Works (REW Associates), a firm that over the past thirty years
has designed and built more than 100 residential and commercial rammed
earth structures around the world. They live in Napa, California. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Rammed Earth Works (REW Associates), a firm that over the past thirty years
has designed and built more than 100 residential and commercial rammed
earth structures around the world. They live in Napa, California. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, lacks some detail on construction,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Rammed Earth House: Rediscovering the Most Ancient Building Material (Real Goods independent living books) (Paperback)
In Venezuela, South America, there is some interest in reviving an old method of cobnstruction, called "tapial" in spanish (rammed earth).
Many old building remain in South America from the time of the spaniards. The book illustrates how a modern enginee, David Easton, in California, has taken over the problem of building with rammed earth in country where there is very little "tradition", hence know how, on building with rammed earth.
The book lacks detail on the rammed earth system employed by the authors. More drawings and pictures would be very useful to translate modern technology to underdevelopped countries.
Best regards,
Miguel A. Megias, Professor of Engineering
Universidad de Carabobo
Valencia, Venezuela
e-mail mmegias@telcel.net.ve
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book,
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This review is from: The Rammed Earth House (Paperback)
This is a very informative and comprehensive book. I recomend. Though get your technical details elsewhere.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, lacks some detail on construction,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Rammed Earth House: Rediscovering the Most Ancient Building Material (Real Goods independent living books) (Paperback)
In Venezuela, South America, there is some interest in reviving an old method of cobnstruction, called "tapial" in spanish (rammed earth).
Many old building remain in South America from the time of the spaniards. The book illustrates how a modern enginee, David Easton, in California, has taken over the problem of building with rammed earth in country where there is very little "tradition", hence know how, on building with rammed earth.
The book lacks detail on the rammed earth system employed by the authors. More drawings and pictures would be very useful to translate modern technology to underdevelopped countries.
Best regards,
Miguel A. Megias, Professor of Engineering
Universidad de Carabobo
Valencia, Venezuela
e-mail mmegias@telcel.net.v
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"East Coaster" Looking to use Rammed Earth,
By JOHN K KURTZ - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Rammed Earth House: Rediscovering the Most Ancient Building Material (Real Goods independent living books) (Paperback)
I purchased this book in order to find an optimistic source on the subject of rammed earth. David Easton does have a positive attitude about the subject. I enjoyed his enthusiasm. I enjoyed the 10 or so pages of color pictures and the many black and white pictures through the book. Like another reviewer, I felt the book lacked some good engineering sketches and some good pictoral illustrations of the forming systems. I was encouraged enough by his book to want to build a rammed earth house somewhere in the coming years. johnkurtz@comcast.net.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Rammed Earth House: Rediscovering the Most Ancient Building Material (Real Goods independent living books) (Paperback)
I found this book, as other books by Real Goods, to be very informative and easy for the layperson to comprehend. David presents the information in a reader friendly style, and the photos greatly enhance the script.
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