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| Patrick Taylor House, 1832, Australia |
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| Speke Hall, 1530, UK |
and maybe its the combination of woven sticks and sustainable building materials that is so appealing to me as a process...
but the exposed timbers were found to last longer (probably in damp climates) if they were completely plastered over (pargetting), a precursor to stuccoing) and i dont have to go far to find beautiful stuccoed architecture...
while not historic, the off-grid communities are doing wonderful things with building materials, and in living in general: "While Rolland does happen to be a rocket scientist, he says it doesn’t take one to invent your own technology. 'It’s buried inside all of us,' he says. 'All you have to do is leave yourself room to find it. I think most of us don’t realize it because we’re barricaded from it by regulation and fear.' His personal building code—no plywood, no plastic, and nothing that smells bad when it burns—is the only creed Rolland adheres to.'
Read more: http://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=3180&tag=solar panels#ixzz21vmBmnzq
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| Lavenham Priory, 1400's, UK |
but, as much as i like to be a purist, i will probably forego the dung and thatched roof...
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| http://www.squidoo.com/wattle-and-daub |
but keep the exposed wood lattice (half-timbering...fachwerk) and protective white lime plastering which are my favorite parts...
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| Waltrop House—Germany, 1400 |
but the timbers don't have to be filled in with sticks...
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| Moot Hall in Aldeburgh, UK, 1650 |
it can be stones, brick "nogging" (often replacing the plaster and sticks to add support to a sagging stucture), whatever...
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| did i mention i am volunteering with a historic preservation crew? this project looks SO fun. |
but the exposed timbers were found to last longer (probably in damp climates) if they were completely plastered over (pargetting), a precursor to stuccoing) and i dont have to go far to find beautiful stuccoed architecture...
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| Colorado, off-grid construction |
while not historic, the off-grid communities are doing wonderful things with building materials, and in living in general: "While Rolland does happen to be a rocket scientist, he says it doesn’t take one to invent your own technology. 'It’s buried inside all of us,' he says. 'All you have to do is leave yourself room to find it. I think most of us don’t realize it because we’re barricaded from it by regulation and fear.' His personal building code—no plywood, no plastic, and nothing that smells bad when it burns—is the only creed Rolland adheres to.'
Read more: http://www.naturalhomeandgarden.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=3180&tag=solar panels#ixzz21vmBmnzq
