Building with masonry in mold-prone places

(agk) Links – 2022 uly

• Books
• Wolfskill et al. (1980) Handbook for building homes of earth (available on zlib)
• Doat et al. (1991) Building with earth (available on zlib)
• Hebel et al. (2015). SUDU: Sustainable urban dwelling unit
• Hart (2018). Essential earthbag construction: The complete step-by-step guide (available on zlib)
• Carlevaro et al. (2018). How to build safer houses with confined masonry
• Guastavino (1893). Cohesive construction (zlib)
• Lengen (2008) The barefoot architect: A handbook for green building (available on zlib)
• Materials: earth blocks, terracotta tile, plaster of paris, mortar, lime plaster
• Open-source ecology: compressed earth blocks, CEB floors
• Practical action: Compressed stabilized earth block construction manual, Making stabilized soil blocks, Mud as a mortar, Mud plasters
• CEB presses: permies Cinva-ram, Earthtek Cinva-ram, Open-source ecology CEB press, Auram 3000
• Small factory making terracotta tiles near San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (video)
• Three videos of backyard terracotta firing near Kolkata: tiny kiln, Sagar's kiln, Kashi's kiln
• Building: arches, vaults, domes, ring beams, double walls
• No tech magazine: SUDU and A passively cooled house in the tropics
• Collins (1968). The transfer of thin masonry vaulting from Spain to America, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
• Kakani associates (2019). Timbrel vault detailed construction process (video)
• Institute of engineers, India (2020). Building with Arches, Vaults and Domes for a Sustainable Future (video)
• Black & Davis (2010). Scaffolding to structure (timbrel workshop starts halfway through)
• Practical action Woodless construction 3, Construction of the timberless house, non-timbrel arches
• Small earthbag dome
• Auroville (south India) construction projects, see lab and dorm featured in May and September 2012 newsletters
• Principles: light, heat, air, moisture, safety, tradition
• Ochsendorf (2013) Guastavino vaulting: the art of structural tile (available on zlib)
• Allen & Swoboda (2005). How buildings work. The natural order of architecture (available on zlib)
• DeKay & Brown (2014). Sun, wind, and light: Architectural design strategies (available on zlib)
• Glassie (1975). Folk housing in middle Virginia: A structural analysis of historic artifacts