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STEVE'S LINKS PAGE   to other interesting stuff

Auroville Earth Institute
http://www.earth-auroville.com
These folks in India are doing earthen vaults. Their site is a gold mine of good information about vaults in general.​

Mark Ketchum's Concrete Shell Page 
http://www.ketchum.org/shells.html
By Milo S. Ketchum -- Lots of information on concrete shells. Good photos, design basics, forming and construction recomendations.
Lloyd Turner 
http://www.flyingconcrete.com/lloyd-turner.html
Very nice, appropriately sized domes that were built years ago

Ferrocement Educational Network
http://www.ferrocement.net/#On-line
a great discussion group on cementous stuff. What I'm doing is not really ferro because I'm light on the ferro part, but the group covers a lot of ground. Use Google advanced search to review the archives
Enersearch by Bo Atkinson
http://harmoniouspalette.com/index.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/SqDonutVaults.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/ringforcement.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/45degTiltUp.html
Bo has a great sculpture site, lots of good ideas and sound advice mixed with wild and crazy stuff.This is a big site, look around.
Mortar Sprayer & Tools
http://www.mortarsprayer.com
Nolan is a great resource for all things concrete. He sells small mortar sprayers which are ideal for spraying small thin shell structures and for plastering walls.

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PVA Structural Fibers
 Nycon, Inc
http://nycon.com/pva-fibers/
To order fibers in the USA
For more information, look at
Engineered Cementitious Composites Technology Network
ttp://www.bing.com/search?q=Engineered+Cementitious+Composites+Technology+Network+&src=IE-SearchBox
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Felix Candela
http://www.google.com/images?q=Felix+Candela
http://html.rincondelvago.com/felix-candela.html
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Los_Manantiales.html
http://www.ketchum.org/shellpix.html#candela
A Spanish architect who did some amazing thin shell constructions in Mexico
Pacific Gunite
http://www.pacificgunite.com/
plans and info on Ferro tanks
Santiago Calatrava
http://www.calatrava.com/
Inspiring Spanish architect
Ferrocement
http://www.ferrocement.com/
Good photos of ferro possibilities
Green Home Building
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/pumicecrete.htm
Photos of my stuff here, which I like. A big site - look around .See ideas on Poured Earth
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Pozzolan and Roman Concrete
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolan
http://www.romanconcrete.com/Article1Secrets.pdf
http://www.romanconcrete.com/romanconcrete.htm
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Pumice-Crete Building Systems of NM
http://www.pumicecrete.com/
This is what they are up to in New Mexico, USA
Hadrian Tridi-Systems
http://www.tridipanel.com
Polystyrene wire mesh panels for prefab. I like these more and more even if I haven't used them extensively.
Gaudí & Barcelona Club
http://www.gaudiclub.com/ingles/i_vida/i_menu.asp
An on line look at the work of Antoni Gaudi
Monolithic Dome Institute
http://www.monolithicdome.com/
I'm not big on large domes but here's a link
Institute for Planetary Renewal
http://PlanetaryRenewal.org/ipr/ubs.html
Richard Austin, Founder & Director. Richard is working on inovative inflatable form work and lots of other low cost building ideas.
The World Of Ferro-Cement Boats
http://www.ferroboats.com/
Ferro Boats
The Dirt Cheap Builder
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
Lamina Design
http://laminadesign.com/projmain.htm
Free-form structures from planar (sheet) materials
Team Sandtastic
http://www.teamsandtastic.com/
Seems like a guy could spray some of this stuf with concrete--???
http://www.concretenetwork.com
http://www.livinginpaper.com/domes_vaults.htm
http://www.concretenetwork.com/staining-concrete/design-ideas/floral-pattern.html
http://spa.archinform.net/stich/1341.htm
http://hubbellandhubbell.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unUYdDBk9s8
http://pouredearthhome.blogspot.com/

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    • Tim's Ranchito
    • Rental Unit
    • Pozos Compound
    • Mike & Bettie's
    • Art Nouveau House
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    • Dave's Catenary Vault
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