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Earth Shelter Technology
Lester L. Boyer, Walter T. Grondzik
Texas A&M University Press, 1987
Textbook pulling the underground neccesities together
Boyer & Grondzik have pulled together all of the disparate sources of information required to properly design an underground facility.
Although the book was written in 1987, there are no other books which have pulled together all of the design issues and formulas ...
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Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines, Examples, and References
Underground Space Center, Minnesota Energy Agency
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979
About this book:
Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines Examples, and References- Universty Of Minnesota ~ ISBN: 0442288212
318 pages, well done, many examples and styles of sheltered and underground designs.
Fabulous technical guide to earth sheltered (underground) ...
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Underground Homes
Louis Wampler
Pelican Publishing Company, 1980
The basics are all covered in easy language and diagrams.
The layman who wants an easy introduction to planning and building an earth-sheltered home typically has plenty of construction guides to choose from, but UNDERGROUND HOMES differs from most in offering all the basics, from site choice and waterproofing and insulation ...
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By the Side of the Road
Jules Feiffer
Michael Di Capua Books, 2002
Master cartoonist and author Jules Feiffer takes a common family scenario and plays it out to the hilarious end in his delightful, over-the-top picture book By the Side of the Road . "'If you don't behave,' my father said, 'I'm gonna pull over right here, and you can wait by the side of the road till we come and get you.'" Little brother Rudy ...
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The Complete Book Of Underground Houses: How To Build A Low Cost Home
Rob Roy
Sterling, 1994
Rob did it again!
Once again Rob Roy has succeded in producing a quality how to book! This book gives clear concise intructions for every phase of building an underground house. This book covers everything from ground breaking (even a few tips on ground aquiring) to earth sheltering! ...
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The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book
Mike Oehler
Mole Publishing Company, 2007
Earth Shelters
This is a great book. We have been doing research and looking into this for a while now and this is a fact full book.
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Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable...
Rob Roy
New Society Publishers, 2006
The best available guide I've found yet
An excellent reference for those who are interested in Earth Bermed and Earth Sheltered houses. His attention to detail in the excavation and foundation chapters is worth the price of the book alone. Especially when there is a lack of in depth internet resources ...
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Complete Book Of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding: The Earthwood Method
Rob Roy
Sterling, 1992
An excellent book on an alternative home building method.
This is an excellent book on the construction of a house using cordwood (firewood) "bricks". If you have the inclination and minor construction skills to seriously considering self-constructing a unique house or structure, you should look at this book. Lots of ...
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CASUS UNIFESTO - The Truth That Set Us Free
CC, 2007
The "Inspiracy" of Casey O Cofer The solutions to Humankind's most urgent challenges. The concise answers provided herein invite the reader to unite with his fellow man in an egalitarian revolution of elegant Constructivism. Rather than force the reader to accept my conclusions, I have tried to invite YOU to simply read my proposals and ...
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Houses of hide and earth (Native Dwellings)
Bonnie Shemie
Tundra Books, 1991
The Plains Indians built their houses with the only materials they had: the skins of the buffalo they hunted or the soil dug from the earth around them. Homes grew larger and more varied with the arrival of the horse. The earthlodge, dating from AD 700, was larger than the tipi of buffalo hide. Both were laid out according to religious beliefs and ...
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The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook (Real Goods Solar Living Book)
Malcolm Wells
Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1998
why I don't understand Malcolm Wells
It seems that most of the reviewers have not read Malcolm's books other than this one. Mac never contends these to be guidwlines or tech-point renderings. But he is a master at formulating underground architecture. The reason that many homes didn't get built is that ...
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Earth Sheltered Housing: Code, Zoning, And Financing Issues
University Press of the Pacific, 2005
Exactly as advertised
Provides excellent information on codes, zoning and financing issues for those who wish to build earth sheltered homes. A little dry, but exactly as advertised.
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Let's Reach for the Sun: 30 Original Solar and Earth Sheltered Home Designs
George Reynoldson
Space/Time Designs, 1981
Problem Solver
When I first moved to the southwest I was amazed at the lack of solar energy utilization. This book is for individuals who have the initiative to harvest a non-depletable energy source availiable to us today that comes directly or indirectly from the sun. With the ...
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The Underground House Book
Stu Campbell
Garden Way Pub Co, 1990
Reference for building an energy-efficient underground home
"The Underground House Book" is typical of its time (1980), prompted by the Persian Gulf oil embargoes of the 1970s. With oil prices skyrocketing finding a way to build houses that would use less energy took on greater priority. In this book author Stu Campbell waxes ...
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