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:
BUILDING PERFORMANCE:
CODES, SEISMIC AND STRUCTURAL:
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.
Bruce King, P.E.
Ken Kern, Ted Kogon, and Rob Thallon
Howard Scoggins
Fred Webster
CONSERVATION:
Cornerstones Community Preservation
Jerome Iowa
Avrami, Erica, Hubert Guillaud, and Mary Hardy, eds.
Salma Samar Damluji