Adobe Builder Magazine - Backpac #3-Issues 10, 11 and 12

Adobe Builder Back-Pac #3 Highlights
Issues Special Edition 10, 11 and 12

Inter-ámericas ADOBE BUILDER measures 11" wide and 14 1/2" tall with color cover, and some interior color (on coated 80 lb. paper). The bulk of the magazine is printed on 50 lb. non-yellowing book paper, in black and white. Articles address Adobe, Rammed Earth, Green Building, and Solar Applications. Graphics are unusually "rich", with photos, line drawings & floor plans. Covers Southwestern U.S., Latin America and Caribbean. Readers appreciate advertising sources for Design, Service and Supply - as locating these elsewhere is difficult to impossible.

Book 10

Issue 10 has good features about:

Lime Based Plasters - (over 3 pp)

Solaradobe construction:
- C.E. Laird's Solaradobe Homes
- The Carrillo Solaradobe
- Taos County Solaradobe

New I code requirements for fireplaces and chimneys by Jim Buckley (2 pp +)

Pressed Adobe in Honduras

New Pressed Adobe Code

Some Adobe Vault Features

Issue 11

Issue 11 has good features about:

Updating Your Radiant Heating Plans

Solaradobe construction:
- Mud Plasters
- Code News
- Industry News

Houston's First Earth Block Home

Issue 12

Issue 12 has good features about:
This recent issue contains research on earth-wall’s thermal properties by professor John Morony, followed by articles about Huston Rammed Earth and Arizona plaster expert Jim Estess. There’s a follow-up on a solaradobe project begun in Issue 42(above), by owner-builders Ronnie and Delma Carrillo- who continue to add on as the years go by. Then, owner-builder/archaeologist Bruce Love discusses his new Mojave Desert adobe in California (4 pp.). Next, architect Mark Chalom of Santa Fe takes us off-grid with a beautiful solaradobe in Northern New Mexico (3 pp.). Rammed earth aficionados will enjoy the update by Colorado architect Greg Madeen (5 ½ pp.). Compressed Earth block builders will be amazed by the scale of this project in Baja California, established by green builder Jim Hallock (3 ½ pp.). If you’re interested in our Solaradobe plan 1576, 3 pages show it under construction in SW New Mexico. Veteran compressed earth manufacturer Lawrence Jetter of AECT, talks about soils and testing for different pressing techniques (3 ½ pp.). Over 50 pages total.

 

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