Terra 2008 Conference Proceedings, published articles from the 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage:
Recent Work in Earthen Architecture
Toward a Comprehensive Taxonomy of Earthen Architecture
"Understanding Adobe", a monthly column written by Ed Crocker for the Real Estate Guide of the Santa Fe New Mexican.
These essays are intended to further the reader's knowledge and
understanding of architectural conservation, historic preservation and
earthen architecture.
Articles added 7/08
"Green" Builders are at It Again
Niche Market: Green building with earth
Encounters with Adobe Nazis
Waiting for the Big One
What Do We Value?: A commentary on The Style over ten years
The Hutmachers and the Hopi
Authenticity and Chaos Theory
Articles added 4/08
The Advocate and the Zealot
Beer Bottles, Arches and Eggs
Anti-American Mud
Into Africa
"Soy un Zoquetero": Why We Need a Glossary
Adobe: Whence the Word?
Poets, Prophets and the Insidious Adobe Bloodsucker
Articles added 1/08
Santa Fe Style: A Caricature of Adobe
Mother Ditch vs. the President of the United States
Adobe and the Essential Plotinus
Adobe and the Law of Unintended Consequence
Me and Sam and the Future
Concha
Opening the Cell: Polyurethane on Probation
Maverick Mud
"We Emerged From There" -- The Magic of Earth
Homewise. And smart, too.
EARTHEN TRADITIONS
Stabilized Mud and Mobile Homes
Whence Tradition?
Pliny the Elder Endorses Mud
The Passion of the Un-Chaste
Mud Fences and Rocket Surgery
Report from Yazd
The Costilla Country Courthouse - An Early Jackalope
Buildings as Systems: A Discussion of the Compatibility of Materials
Cornerstones and the Acoma Initiative
Destruction as Metaphor
Santa Fe Style: Ersatz Adobe and a Vanishing Heritage
Myth and Synthesis: New Mexico's Adobe Vernacular
Modified Sehalian Scaffolding in the New World?
The Threat of Sweat: How One Earthen Roof Works
Bam! Adobe Takes Another Unfair Hit
CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOBE
Quality and Quality: A Response
Swedish Modern and the "Old Reliable"
R-values, U-factors and Thermal Mass
Earth: The Thoroughly Modern Material
Rasta Bad Vibrations
Strawbale: An Okay Second Choice
ADOBE LAYING AND REPAIR
Adobe Laying in Winter: Some Cautionary Notes
Contrapared: The Kiss of Death
The Dog-Prints Go Down: Traditional Wisdom in Adobe Laying
Dust to Dust: The Utilization of Bones in Adobe Repair
MUD PLASTER
Aggregates: The Key to Successful Mud Plastering
Crossbreeding Plasters: Folly in Every Way
Elastomeric Plaster: Silver Bullet or Blight?
Overworked Plaster: Breaking the Second Commandment
Stabilized Mud -- Tinkering of the Worst Kind
Straw in Mud Plaster: Don't Ask Why, Just Do It!
STRUCTURAL ISSUES
Rogue Gardeners (I Reveal a Trade Secret)
Embedded Downspouts: A Really Bad Idea
Caging Adobes and Capturing the Zia
Why I Don't Use Freedom Drains; With Commentary on the Origin of the Term
Foundation Repairs in Historic Earthen Buildings
Interrupted Equilibrium and the Descent of Homes
Protecting the Crown: Detailing Parapets on Earthen Buildings
WOOD TREATMENTS
Bridging the Mote: A Simple Method of Structurally Splicing Vigas and Beams
On Insects, Rot and the 20 Mule Team
BUILDING CODES
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Vernacular Architecture
Adobe Code -- Lessons From the Field
Building Inspections: Of What, for Whom?
H-boards and My Grandfather’s Razor
SANTA FE/LOCAL THEMES
Watching the Palace
Where's the Village?
Sour Cream on Tamales: How Buildings Die
Requiem for the Bandelier House
Potting Pindi: Getting Hooked on Mud
Hubbell House
The Lamy Lime Works
Garcia Street; Adventures in Adobe
An Earthen Builder’s Tour of Cerro Gordo
SOLUTIONS
Graffiti Removal from Soft Surfaces
Termites in Mud? Back to Bam
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