[Cob] Italian construction pictures

[Amanda Peck]

There's a glossy French magazine called Maisons Cote Sud. In the 
August-September 2003 (unfortunately almost certainly gone by now) there's a 
feature on an 1830's Tuscan farmhouse.  Rooms built the way you described, 
and practically every other possible way.  and this thing has been restored 
and is still lived in, probably by the Italian equivalent of yuppies.  
They've got a web-site but that isn't in the archives.

Scott, in an earlier post, wrote:
 > > >
 > > > > While in Northern Italy recently I was marveling at the natural
 > > > >construction.  Many of the structures derive their from the fact 
that
 > the
 > > > >walls are made of stone and very thick (unbelievably thick!).
 > > > >
 > > > >  I noticed a few interesting stone structures that appeared to have
 > been
 > > > >there for some time.  Instead of using a ridge beam, there was a 
huge
 > > wall
 > > > >down the middle of the building that at the top served as the ridge
 > beam.
 > > > >The rafters attached to the top of this middle wall and then down to
 > the
 > > > >lower outer walls.  Therefore, there were just rafters, no ridge
beam.
 > > > >
 > > > >  Has anyone tried this with cob?  Though you would need more cob, 
it
 > > would
 > > > >seem to be extremely stable.
 > > > >
 > > > >Scott
 > > > >
 > > > >
 > >
 >
 >
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