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Preface | |
Introduction | |
How to Use This Manual | |
Design | p. 1 |
Drawings | p. 2 |
House form | p. 8 |
Spaces | p. 15 |
How to design a house | p. 18 |
Models | p. 30 |
Dimensions | p. 34 |
Environment | p. 38 |
Lighting | p. 54 |
Siting a house | p. 62 |
Buildings | p. 73 |
Settlements | p. 89 |
Climate | p. 98 |
Urban spaces | p. 106 |
Circulation | p. 116 |
Natural environment | p. 133 |
Humid Tropics | p. 141 |
House shapes | p. 142 |
Roofs | p. 144 |
Structures | p. 158 |
Pests | p. 194 |
Doors and windows | p. 199 |
Ventilation | p. 202 |
Humidity | p. 204 |
Roads and bridges | p. 210 |
Dry Tropics | p. 223 |
House shapes | p. 224 |
Ventilation | p. 228 |
Roofs | p. 243 |
Windows | p. 260 |
Temperate Zone | p. 269 |
Climate | p. 270 |
Heating | p. 276 |
Solar collector rooms | p. 280 |
Heaters | p. 286 |
Materials | p. 295 |
Selecting materials | p. 296 |
Earth | p. 298 |
Ferrocement | p. 316 |
Sand | p. 325 |
Lime | p. 326 |
Wood | p. 329 |
Cactus | p. 332 |
Bamboo | p. 334 |
Sisal | p. 340 |
Seacrete | p. 342 |
Construction | p. 347 |
Preparation | p. 350 |
Using materials | p. 356 |
Foundations | p. 362 |
Walls | p. 376 |
Panels | p. 432 |
Floors | p. 440 |
Roofs | p. 448 |
Doors and windows | p. 480 |
Services | p. 502 |
Special items | p. 509 |
Tools | p. 527 |
Ecotechniques | p. 536 |
Energy | p. 541 |
Heat and motion | p. 542 |
Mills | p. 544 |
Solar heat | p. 550 |
Stoves | p. 570 |
Water | p. 581 |
Location | p. 582 |
Pumps | p. 586 |
Moving water | p. 600 |
Cisterns | p. 608 |
Filters | p. 616 |
Purification | p. 622 |
Irrigation | p. 634 |
Cooling & conservation | p. 637 |
Sanitation | p. 643 |
Equipment | p. 644 |
Bason | p. 653 |
Coban | p. 672 |
Drainage | p. 677 |
Maps & Tables | p. 679 |
Materials and heat | p. 680 |
Measurements | p. 682 |
Mixtures | p. 684 |
Climate zones | p. 688 |
Angles | p. 692 |
Appendix | p. 698 |
Glossary | p. 699 |
Bibliography | p. 700 |
Index | p. 702 |
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