House construction — Technological innovations.
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The Virtues of adobe : a conversation with Forest Sprague / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Forest Sprague, President of Pacifica Adobe and manufacturer of hydraulic earth press, discusses the advantages of adobe blocks for construction of houses. Includes quotations from Adobe Journal, issue 5, about structures in Africa and Asia.|THE VIRTUES OF ADOBE : A CONVERSATION WITH FOREST SPRAGUE / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals – Forest…
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Earth architecture today / Nader Khalili ; interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Nader Khalili and Cal-Earth students discuss brick and sand bag domes, then go on to present the fundamental principles of earth architecture and ‘dome art.’|EARTH ARCHITECTURE TODAY / Nader Khalili| interviewed and produced by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals – Nader Khalili and Cal-Earth students discuss brick and sand bag domes, then goes on…
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Building rammed earth houses / David Easton ; interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.
Easton discusses using “rammed earth” technologies in order to build affordable, ecologically sound housing.|BUILDING RAMMED EARTH HOUSES / David Easton| interviewed by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals| 29 Aug. 1989. – Easton discusses using “rammed earth” technologies in order to build affordable, ecologically sound housing. – BROADCAST: KPFK, 29 Aug. 1989.
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Houses of earth and fire : a conversation with Nader Khalili / produced by Barbara Dunlap.
Architect, author and teacher Nader Khalili talks about the technological as well as the economic and ecological motivation for constructing fired-earth houses.|HOUSES OF EARTH AND FIRE : A CONVERSATION WITH NADER KHALILI / produced by Barbara Dunlap. – SERIES: New signals| no. 6-4-89 – Architect, author, and teacher Nader Khalili talks about the technological as…