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Title: The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook (Real Goods Solar Living Book) by Malcolm Wells, Malcom Wells ISBN: 1-890132-19-5 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Inspiring Book
Comment: From an architects point of view, I found this book to be very intersting in that it proposes design concepts rarely considered in a world where everyone wants a stainless steel refrigerator and granite countertops. It certainly isn't meant as a "how to" book for the weekend warrior who wants to save a few bucks on his electricity bill. I found it to be a resource for opening minds, not just opening the ground.
Rating: 2
Summary: hard to read
Comment: As others have pointed out none of the plans shown in the book seem to have been built. Every single one looks to have been cancelled because of budget problems. Which makes you wonder, if people with enough money to go to a professional architect find an earth-sheltered house too expensive to build, what hope do the rest of us have of building one in our lifetimes? Lots of interesting ideas but not much practical application that I can see.
However my biggest gripe is the font used in the book: a script font that is an attempt to make the book look like a hand written journal. I just found it very hard to read large amount of text with that font. They should have stuck with a normal typeface instead of trying to get cute.
Hard to recommend unless you can handle the typeface and don't mind that the book has no real practical information. (Although lots of interesting IDEAS.)
Rating: 1
Summary: Design Failures
Comment: This book should be called "Mostly useless sketches of houses that were never built". As far as I can tell there is only one sketch of a house that was even attempted. While full of architectual "ideas" there is almost nothing of value for someone who wants to build their own earth sheltered home. You get the feeling he wrote this book because so many of his designs were not accepted that he just needed the money. Very disappointing.
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Title: Underground Homes by Louis Wampler ISBN: 0882892738 Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1980 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Earth Sheltered Designs by Davis Caves Construction, Davis Caves Construction ISBN: 0970029608 Publisher: Davis Caves Construction Pub. Date: 10 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Earth Shelter Technology by Lester L. Boyer, Walter T. Grondzik ISBN: 0890963029 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1987 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Earth sheltered housing design: Guidelines, examples, and references by The Underground Space Center University of Minnesota ISBN: 0442261578 Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Pub. Date: 01 January, 1979 |
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Title: The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage (The Real Goods Solar Living Book) by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, Linda Smiley, Deanne Bednar ISBN: 1890132349 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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