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The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's™ Guide to Alternative Building and Being: Beautiful
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Friday, August 19, 2011. A beautiful way to side a house that both protects it and actually adds to the artistic beauty. Love it! Im glad the CAC is back! August 20, 2011 at 4:22 PM. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark.professionals built the Titanic. - Unknown. Making magic out of dirt and whatever happens to be laying around, since 1998. View my complete profile. Check out my new book - The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's Guide to DIRT. Quit being a blockhead.
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The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's™ Guide to Alternative Building and Being: June 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009. Have YOU got this disease? It's not my fault.I've got a disease—a disease I've had to live with for over 10 years. It's called boredom. I'll bet some of you have it, too. With sameness. A. With our replicated, dull, assembly-line living. Oh I know, the process of replication in the manufacturing, housing, textile and automotive industries has led to much more affordable goods—and services too. Thank you very much Henry Ford! Are you bored with your choices of cars? And so, our hous...
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The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's™ Guide to Alternative Building and Being: FLYING CONCRETE!
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Check out Ranchito Cascabel aka "Timmyland". This is some of the most amazing free form architecture on the planet! Many more pictures of this increadible home and a New York Times article can be seen and read at http:/ www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-timmyland-photos,0,1918173.photogallery? Also, go to www.flyingconcrete.com. For more homes done in the same free form style and to find out how to do it by taking workshops down in Mexico. All I can say is, "WOW"! Make your bl...
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The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's™ Guide to Alternative Building and Being: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009. 700 Year Old Houses. In the north east of Iran at the foot of Mt. Sahand in Kandovan, the villagers live in cave homes carved out from volcanic rock. Some date back more than 700 years. Just try to imagine how much work it was to build homes into the mountain like this without any power tools. If this one were painted white, you might think it was a picture of a house along the Mediterranean! Homes were sculpted into the mountain on all levels. How about as an adult? The Last Amer...
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Librairie
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Archi traditionnelle que j'aime. Faire selon ses idées. Architectures rondes et autres. Architectures vernaculaires et sympatiques. Ed du Chène- 1977. Toits de bois en Europe. Cabanons à vivre. Roger Sénat et Gérard Canou. Peter et Judy Ne. Le génie des Cabanes. Du côté de Chez Vous. De Eric Tourneret et Olivier Darmon. Maisons Originales - Autoconstructions au Quebec. Ed Hoëbeke- 2003. Guides et annuaires sur l'écoconstruction. Guide raisonné de la construction écologique. 22 euros 4 euros de port.
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! The Tree of Knowledge - Architecture.
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The Tree of Knowledge. Is a Directory of Museums, Galleries, Heritage Centres, Observatories,. Libraries, Universities, Music and Encyclopaedias. New building technologies for attractive, inexpensive, safe housing, easily constructed with unskilled labor. Ferrocement, PVA fibers. Habitat for Humanity International. Search for Affiliates, News and Events. Using dirt to make cement? Institute for Planetary Renewal. Agriculture, Solar Energy. Stirling Solar Energy Electric Generator. The AIA Home Page.
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ferrocement dome
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The new-born baby was immediately wrapped in an impermeable HDPE sheet and put on drip-curing under intensive care for a month. The complete RCPT kit. My first Ferrocement Dome. My friends at the. A great internet discussion group, were extremely helpful and shared freely. Nolan and Paul - invited me for the next convention -. International Thin-Shell Association -Concrete Thin Shell Structures- with further links to great FC freaks. Mortar Sprayer - Nolan was the million dollar host of ITSA-05 nd treate...
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New House Construction and Home Remodeling Links
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New House Construction and Home Remodeling Links. Home Builders and Home Building Information. Books, Software, and Resources for Building Trades Professionals. Cost estimating software, contractor forms, exam guides, construction manuals, permits and licensing, forums, community, and more. Industrial-strength info for pro or layman. Home Building and Home Construction Center. The Contractor Power Directory. Home builder located in Medford, OR. Jackson, NJ Builder. MY PRODUCT DESIGN OPTIONS ARE SECOND TO...
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The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's™ Guide to Alternative Building and Being: August 2011
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Saturday, August 27, 2011. For those of you who can't quite make up your minds weather to download a copy of. The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's Guide to Dirt. Victoria in Cape Town wrote,. I started reading The Cheap-Ass Curmudgeon's™ Guide to DIRT (I love the title! At midnight, thinking I'd read a couple of pages and finish the rest in the morning. It was so interesting and exciting that I finished it in one sitting. Since then I have been telling anyone who will listen all about it. Ramji in India wrote,.
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