Build it Underground: A Guide for the Self-builder & Building ProfessionalToday's styles of earth shelters--not only homes, but commercial and utility buildings--are so new, builders, architects, and engineers are hungry for information. Author David Carter, design and construction consultant, delivers vital information about building these low-cost, energy-efficient structures. Leading both the owner-builder and the building professional through the maze of pre-planning--as necessary as the building itself--the author stresses that new kinds of building demand new kinds of thinking. The text examines the financing, planning, construction, and landscaping of a variety of designs of underground houses, office buildings, schools, factories, and other structures. |
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Contents Metric Conversion Chart | 7 |
Foreword | 8 |
Introduction | 9 |
Copyright | |
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