Resources

This is another incomplete bibliography of references related to earthen construction. We’ve attempted to accumulate the various and spectactular wisdom of the internets with that of my own library. Links here reference either the file or Amazon; feel free to use Amazon’s bandwidth to browse and then buy it from the bookseller you prefer.

GENERAL:

Myrtle and Wilfred Stedman

Paul McHenry

Paul McHenry, 1985

Orlando & David Larkin Romero

Paul McHenry, 1985. An excellent overview, including a chapter on structural design for adobe and rammed earth structures.

Laura and Alex Sanchez

Kate M. Chapman and Dorothy N. Stewart

Myrtle Stedman

Paul McHenry

Pat Rimmington

Hassan Fathy

Marcia Southwick

Kiko Denzer & Hannah Field

Gernot Minke

Doat, Hays, Houben, & Matuk

V. Rigassi

H. Guillaud, Th. Joffroy, P. Odul

Earth Architecture
Ronald Rael

Elbert Hubbell

Joseph Tibbets

Gernot Minke

Caroyln Leigh

Johnnye Montgomery

Simone Swan

David Easton. An essential overview of the construction of a rammed earth structure.

Agnesa Reeve

Dennis Dollens

Lloyd Kahn

Jean-Louise Bourgeois

BUILDING PERFORMANCE:
Candace L. Gossen

CODES, SEISMIC AND STRUCTURAL:
Sophie Arie

ASTM E2392

– 05 Standard Guide for Design of Earthen Wall Building Systems

ACI 530/530.1

– Building Code Requirements & Specifications for Masonry Structures
This publication is included by reference into the International Building Code, and outlines the rather onerous requirements for design and calculation of adobe structures in states (such as California) that do not allow empirical design.
Howard Scoggins
Fred Webster

CONSERVATION:
Cornerstones Community Preservation
Jerome Iowa
Avrami, Erica, Hubert Guillaud, and Mary Hardy, eds.
The National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services
Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, and William S. Ginell.
Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, and William S. Ginell.
Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, Frederick A. Webster, and William S. Ginell.
Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, Frederick A. Webster, and William S. Ginell.
Salma Samar Damluji