The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book) by David Easton, Cynthia Wright, David Eaton

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The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book)
by David Easton, Cynthia Wright (Photographer), David Eaton

Paperback: 306 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.89 x 9.98 x 8.02
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co; (April 1996)
ISBN: 0930031792

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Amazon.com: 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. Trees may be getting a bit scarce these days, but there's no current shortage of dirt, the main component of rammed earth homes. From such a prosaic material, gold has been spun in these timeless, graceful, and nearly indestructible homes and buildings.

Customer Reviews
"East Coaster" Looking to use Rammed Earth, April 5, 2000
Reviewer: JOHN K KURTZ from Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
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.

Excellent resource!, January 22, 1999
Reviewer: A reader from Colorado
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.

Excellent, lacks some detail on construction, February 24, 1997
Reviewer: A reader
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

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The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book)
by David Easton, Cynthia Wright (Photographer), David Eaton
Paperback: 306 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.89 x 9.98 x 8.02
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co; (April 1996)
ISBN: 0930031792