Resources for
Builders & Homeowners
Key information to help you understand materials, methods, costs, and planning.
(Steve’s favorite links)
Auroville Earth Institute
http://www.earth-auroville.com
These folks in India are doing earthen vaults. Their site is a gold mine of good information about vaults in general.
Mark Ketchum's Concrete Shell Page
http://www.ketchum.org/shells.html
By Milo S. Ketchum -- Lots of information on concrete shells. Good photos, design basics, forming and construction recomendations.
Lloyd Turner
http://www.flying-concrete.com/lloyd-turner.html
Very nice, appropriately sized domes that were built years ago
Santiago Calatrava
http://www.calatrava.com/
Inspiring Spanish architect
Ferrocement Educational Network
http://www.ferrocement.net/#On-line
a great discussion group on cementous stuff. What I'm doing is not really ferro because I'm light on the ferro part, but the group covers a lot of ground. Use Google advanced search to review the archives
Enersearch by Bo Atkinson
http://harmoniouspalette.com/index.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/SqDonutVaults.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/ringforcement.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/45degTiltUp.html
Bo has a great sculpture site, lots of good ideas and sound advice mixed with wild and crazy stuff.This is a big site, look around.
Mortar Sprayer & Tools
http://www.mortarsprayer.com
Nolan is a great resource for all things concrete. He sells small mortar sprayers which are ideal for spraying small thin shell structures and for plastering walls.
Felix Candela
http://www.google.com/images?q=Felix+Candela
http://html.rincondelvago.com/felix-candela.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Los_Manantiales.html
http://www.ketchum.org/shellpix.html#candela
A Spanish architect who did some amazing thin shell constructions in Mexico
Pacific Gunite
http://www.pacificgunite.com/
plans and info on Ferro tanks
Green Home Building
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/pumicecrete.htm
Photos of my stuff here, which I like. A big site - look around .See ideas on Poured Earth
Pozzolan and Roman Concrete
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolan
http://www.romanconcrete.com/Article1Secrets.pdf
EditSign
http://www.romanconcrete.com/romanconcrete.htm
Institute for Planetary Renewal
http://PlanetaryRenewal.org/ipr/ubs.html
Richard Austin, Founder & Director. Richard is working on inovative inflatable form work and lots of other low cost building ideas.
The World Of Ferro-Cement Boats
http://www.ferroboats.com/
Ferro Boats
Pacific Gunite
Plans and Info on Ferro Tanks
http://www.pacificgunite.com/
Ferrocement
http://www.ferrocement.com/
Good photos of ferro possibilities
Pumice-Crete Building Systems of NM
http://www.pumicecrete.com/
This is what they are up to in New Mexico, USA
Hadrian Tridi-Systems
http://www.tridipanel.com
Polystyrene wire mesh panels for prefab. I like these more and more even if I haven't used them extensively.
Gaudí & Barcelona Club
http://www.gaudiclub.com/ingles/i_vida/i_menu.asp
An on line look at the work of Antoni Gaudi
Monolithic Dome Institute
http://www.monolithicdome.com/
I'm not big on large domes but here's a link
The Dirt Cheap Builder
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
Lamina Design
http://laminadesign.com/projmain.htm
Free-form structures from planar (sheet) materials
Team Sandtastic
http://www.teamsandtastic.com/
Mortar Sprayer & Tools
http://www.mortarsprayer.com
Nolan is a great resource for all things concrete. He sells small mortar sprayers which are ideal for spraying small thin shell structures and for plastering walls.
Felix Candela
A Spanish architect who did some amazing thin shell constructions in Mexico
http://www.google.com/images?q=Felix+Candela
http://html.rincondelvago.com/felix-candela.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Los_Manantiales.html
http://www.ketchum.org/shellpix.html#candela
Pacific Gunite
Plans and info on Ferro tanks
http://www.pacificgunite.com/
Seems like a guy could spray some of this stuf with concrete--???
http://www.concretenetwork.com
http://www.livinginpaper.com/domes_vaults.htm
http://www.concretenetwork.com/staining-concrete/design-ideas/floral-pattern.html
http://spa.archinform.net/stich/1341.htm
http://hubbellandhubbell.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unUYdDBk9s8
http://pouredearthhome.blogspot.com/