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Excerpt from Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk Clay: A RenaissanceThe first year's programme Of working-class housing alone calls for at least 6, ooo, ooo, ooo bricks. That is to say, unless wall materials other than brick are freely used, we Shall fall alarmingly short of What the popu lation of Great Britain needs in bare accommodation, and all building and engineering projects whatsoever other than housing must be postponed indefinitely....

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This study is based on experiments undertaken by the author into the use of pise de terre and other earth based materials. Whilst earth building has not developed significantly in the UK, the sustainable architecture movement has helped stimulate an interest in constructing new earthen buildings.

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Excerpt from Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk Clay: A Renaissance The first year's programme Of working-class housing alone calls for at least 6, ooo, ooo, ooo bricks. That is to say, unless wall materials other than brick are freely used, we Shall fall alarmingly short of What the popu lation of Great Britain needs in bare accommodation, and all building and engineering projects whatsoever other than housing must be postponed indefinitel...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Cottage Building In Cob, Pise, Chalk & Clay - A Renaissance. PREFACE MR. STRACHEYS introduction and the authors prologue make a preface superfluous, save as a vehicle for the conveying of acknowledgments and thanks. Mr. Strachey himself is certainly the godfather of PisBbuilding so far as modem England is concerned