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| Title: | Cordwood Building
: The State of the Art |
| Author: | Rob Roy |
| ISBN: | 0865714754 : 9780865714755 |
| Illustrations: | colour & b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 205x230mm |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Weight: | .592 Kg. |
| Published: | New Society Publishers - September 2003 |
| List Price: | 24.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | ARCHITECTURE: Building skills |
Cordwood masonry is an ancient building technique whereby walls are constructed from 'log ends' laid transversely in the wall. It is easy, economical, aesthetically striking, energy-efficient, and environmentally-sound. Cordwood Building collects the wisdom of over 25 of the world's best practitioners, detailing the long history of the method, and demonstrating how to build a cordwood home using the latest and most up-to-date techniques, with a special focus on building code issues.
Cordwood Masonry: A Vernacular Architectural Tradition; My 25-Year Love Affair with Cordwood Masonry; Cordwood Masonry; Stackwall Construction: The Double Wall Technique; Cliff Shockey; The Lomax Corner; A Round Cordwood House with 16 Sides; Octagons, Hexagons, and Other Shapes; Bottle Designs in a Cordwood Wall; Patterned Cordwood Masonry; Electrical Wiring in Cordwood Masonry Buildings; Using Cement Retarder with Cordwood Masonry; When It Shrinks, Stuff It!; A Mobile Home Converted to Cordwood; A Shop Teacher’s Approach; Paper-Enhanced Mortar; Stonewood: A Love Story; Woodland Treat; Cordwood on the Gulf Coast; A Cordwood and Cob Roundhouse in Wales; More Cordwood and Cob; Cordwood in Chile; One Old and One New in Sweden; Creating with Stone, Wood, and Light; The Community Round House at Pompanuck; A New Home on an Old Foundation; The Mortgage-free Cordwood Home; Cordwood and the Building Inspector; Cordwood and the Code; Cordwood and the Code: A Case Study; Cordwood Code Issues: Strength and Insulation; Glossary of Terms; Index.
