Ceramic houses : how to build your own / Nader Khalili.

Main entry:

Khalili, Nader, 1936-2008.

Title & Author:

Ceramic houses : how to build your own / Nader Khalili.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

San Francisco : Harper & Row, 1986.

Description:

xii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. The evolution -- Pt. 2. Philosophy and design principles -- Pt. 3. Materials and techniques -- Pt. 4. Firing and ceramic glazing -- Pt. 5. Beginning.

Summary:

Khalili offers a step-by-step guide to the simple and natural process of using clay-earth to build adobe houses and firing the structures with potter's glazes to create ceramic houses. His techniques integrate graphics, sculpture, art, and architecture and can be used successfully by anyone who wants to build an inexpensive, durable, and energy-efficient house that fully expresses the individual's taste and imagination.

ISBN:

0062504479
9780062504470
0062504460 (pbk.)
9780062504463 (pbk.)

Subject:

Adobe houses Iran Bushrūyah.
Earth houses Iran Bushrūyah.
Glazing (Ceramics)
Vernacular architecture Iran Bushrūyah.
Buildings Earthquake effects Iran Bushrūyah.
Adobe houses New Mexico Taos.
Earth houses New Mexico Taos.
Vernacular architecture New Mexico Taos.
Buildings Earthquake effects New Mexico Taos.
Émaillage (Céramique)
Architecture vernaculaire Iran Bushrūyah.
Constructions Effets des tremblements de terre sur Iran Bushrūyah.
Architecture vernaculaire Nouveau-Mexique Taos.
Constructions Effets des tremblements de terre sur Nouveau-Mexique Taos.
Adobe houses.
Buildings.
Buildings Earthquake effects.
Earth houses.
Vernacular architecture.
Lehmbau
Volksarchitektur
Bushrūyah (Iran) Buildings, structures, etc.
Taos (N.M.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Iran Bushrūyah.
New Mexico Taos.

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Call No.: ID:86-B21938
Status: Available

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