Cob: calearth.org

Mon Feb 3 18:45:39 CST 2003

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<P>Cat here thank you for this site tried to find him and got pictures of some kind of birthday he was having in LA.  Happy pic's but not what I wanted.  The web address has no - in it on my system <A href="http://www.calearth.org">www.calearth.org</A>  </P>
<P>for the good of all Cat<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Patrick Newberry" <PNEWBERRY at HFHI.ORG>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: "Patrick Newberry" <PNEWBERRY at HFHI.ORG>
<DIV></DIV>>To: <COBLIST at DEATECH.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: Cob: sandy digging and Kentucky future 
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:06:40 -0500 
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<DIV></DIV>>Nader is Persian (aka Iran). 
<DIV></DIV>>He fired his house while doing some soul searching and driving around on a motorcycle during 
<DIV></DIV>>the Iran revolution. He book "racing along" chronicle the adventure. Nader is a great fellow. 
<DIV></DIV>>He had been an architect in Los Angeles prior to getting into more alternative building techniques. He does not fire his houses in Hesperia California where new now lives and works. 
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<DIV></DIV>>Nader also translated a book of Persian poetry (Rumi). 
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<DIV></DIV>>Pat Newberry 
<DIV></DIV>>www.gypsyfarm.com 
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<DIV></DIV>>-----Original Message----- 
<DIV></DIV>>From: Brian Gregor [mailto:bgregor at buphy.bu.edu] 
<DIV></DIV>>Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:30 PM 
<DIV></DIV>>To: PJ Benet-Davis 
<DIV></DIV>>Cc: coblist at deatech.com 
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Cob: sandy digging and Kentucky future 
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<DIV></DIV>>On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, PJ Benet-Davis wrote: 
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<DIV></DIV>> > office. Also, Eastern San Diego County is quite rugged and there are 
<DIV></DIV>> > people in the area who have done the clay fired houses that were being 
<DIV></DIV>> > touted about 15 years ago by a local (SoCal) professor from, I 
<DIV></DIV>> > believe, Arabia. He has at least one book out on the subject. 
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<DIV></DIV>>Nader Khalili is the architect's name. His book is "Ceramic Houses and 
<DIV></DIV>>Earth Architecture." He has a web site at: www.cal-earth.org, and these 
<DIV></DIV>>days is the main proponent of the superadobe method, aka earthbag 
<DIV></DIV>>construction. I've just ordered "Building with Earth" by Paulina 
<DIV></DIV>>Wojciechowska to learn more about this. One of these days I'll check 
<DIV></DIV>>out the ceramic house book too - it's such an intriguing idea! 
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<DIV></DIV>>-brian 
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