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[Cob] 60 Desert earthen cob images

   Elizabeth [5]juswanabe2004 at yahoo.com 
   Thu Feb 5 23:23:50 PST 2004

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Charmain:  Thanks for this great link!

Very cool photos.  I'm struck by several things many of the building have in co
mmon:

--They are really massive.  Very thick walls.
--The use of buttresses, especially around doors or at corners.
--The very minimal windows and doors (perhaps as much to do with the climate as
 construction methods?)
--The use of embedded chunks of wood.  Are these to provide footholds during co
nstruction and maintenance?  I'm really curious about what appears to be a dome
 that is bristling with wooden beams.

On the other hand, some of the building have very classic arches and columns--I
'd love to have more detail on the actual construction of the buildings.  I saw
 one with what appeared to be a drainpipe/gutter coming out through the wall al
so--perhaps draining a roof.

Elizabeth


Charmaine Taylor <[13]tms at northcoast.com> wrote:
[14]http://archnet.org/library/webpages/jamesmorris/


photographer James Morris' images of Africa /eastern cob/adobe similar to photo
s in "Built By Hand"


wonderful homes and structures

Ms. Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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