Adobe is Not Software

	This is another incomplete bibliography of references related to earthen construction. We've attempted to accumulate the various and spectactular wisdom of the internets with that of my own library. Links here reference either the file or Amazon; feel free to use Amazon's bandwidth to browse and then buy it from the bookseller you prefer. GENERAL: Adobe Architecture Myrtle and Wilfred Stedman Adobe: A Timeless Solution Paul McHenry Adobe: Build It Yourself, Revised Edition Paul McHenry, 1985 Adobe, Building and Living with Earth Orlando & David Larkin Romero Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction Paul McHenry, 1985. An excellent overview, including a chapter on structural design for adobe and rammed earth structures. Adobe Houses for Today: Flexible Plans for Your Adobe Home Laura and Alex Sanchez Adobe Notes Kate M. Chapman and Dorothy N. Stewart Adobe: Remodeling & Fireplaces Myrtle Stedman The Adobe Story: A Global Treasure Paul McHenry The Adobes of Twentynine Palms Pat Rimmington Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt Hassan Fathy Build With Adobe Marcia Southwick Build Your Own Earth Oven Kiko Denzer & Hannah Field Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture Gernot Minke Building with Earth Doat, Hays, Houben, & Matuk Compressed Earth Blocks, Volume I; Manual of Production V. Rigassi Compressed Earth Blocks, Volume II; Manual of Design & Construction H. Guillaud, Th. Joffroy, P. Odul Earth Architecture Ronald Rael Earth Brick Construction Elbert Hubbell The Earthbuilder’s Encyclopedia Joseph Tibbets Earth Construction Handbook: The Building Material Earth in Modern Architecture Gernot Minke House Made Of Mud Caroyln Leigh Life Lessons in Adobe Johnnye Montgomery The Merry Pranks of Scholarly Mud-Freaks Simone Swan The Owner-Built Adobe House Duane Newcomb The Owner-Built Home Ken Kern The Rammed Earth House David Easton. An essential overview of the construction of a rammed earth structure. The Small Adobe House Agnesa Reeve Simone Swan: Adobe Building Dennis Dollens Shelter Lloyd Kahn Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition Jean-Louise Bourgeois Valley of Mud-Brick Architecture (Ancient to Contemporary Design)

BUILDING PERFORMANCE:

Adobe, Rammed Earth and Wood: An Energy-Based Environmental Analysis of Residential Construction in
Phoenix, Arizona

Candace L. Gossen

CODES, SEISMIC AND STRUCTURAL:

Adobe that Survives Earthquakes

Sophie Arie

ASTM E2392
– 05 Standard Guide for Design of Earthen Wall Building Systems

ACI 530/530.1
– Building Code Requirements & Specifications for Masonry Structures

This publication is included by reference into the International Building Code, and outlines the rather onerous requirements for design and calculation of adobe structures in states (such as California) that do not allow empirical design.

Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw-Bale Architecture

Bruce King, P.E.

The Owner-Builder and the Code: The Politics of Building Your Home

Ken Kern, Ted Kogon, and Rob Thallon

The PortaLab Manual: Low-Cost Soil-Engineering Test for Constructing Earthen Buildings

Howard Scoggins

Thoughts on Adobe Codes

Fred Webster

2003 New Mexico Adobe Code

CONSERVATION:

Adobe Conservation

Cornerstones Community Preservation