The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook, 2nd Edition e-book

by Malcolm Wells

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The Earth-Sheltered House is a classic in the annals of sustainable building books, written by a legend in the field of environmentally responsible architecture

The Earth-Sheltered House is a classic in the annals of sustainable building books, written by a legend in the field of environmentally responsible architecture. Malcolm Wells has a fundamentally different way of looking at the design and building process. by. Malcolm Wells (Author). Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central.

Malcolm Wells: "Why don't we see underground houses all around us? You tell me. The US can today boast only three or four thousand earth dwellings.

Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series). Malcolm Wells: "Why don't we see underground houses all around us? You tell me.

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Malcolm Wells has been an inspiration to two generations of architecture students. This book should be required reading for everyone making decisions about the built environment.

Malcolm Wells has been an inspiration to two generations of architecture students.

The Earth-Sheltered House : An Architect's Sketchbook. The book might be interesting as an idea book for an architect. Architecture for the 21st Century. Published by Thriftbooks. com User, 19 years ago. Using his humor and whit, Malcom Wells describes the process of designing many earth sheltered, light filled residential and commercial buildings.

The Earth-Sheltered House is a classic in the annals of sustainable building books, written by a legend in the field of environmentally responsible architecture. Wells's work is revolutionary, but readers will find his message to be pure common sense. Earth sheltering offers superior comfort with minimal energy input, and it is adaptable to diverse terrains as well as a variety of architectural aesthetics.

This book is a classic, written by a legend. A cartoon on the book jacket summarizes Wells's perspective. Yet the message of The Earth-Sheltered House has struck many of its avid enthusiasts as pure common sense. One panel is called "20th Century," and has four steps of traditional building: love nature, kill it, build building, plant grass. The second panel, called "21st Century," says: love nature, leave it alone, find ruined land, build underground, restore natural habitat.

The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook (New cover, new printing 2009)

The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook (New cover, new printing 2009). Eart sheltering offers superior comfort with minimal energy input, and it is adaptable to diverse terrains as well as a variety of architectural asthetics. A sketchbook of all my underground ideas.

Find nearly any book by Malcolm Wells. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers

Find nearly any book by Malcolm Wells. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. The Earth-Sheltered House: An Architect's Sketchbook (Real Goods Solar Living Book). ISBN 9781890132194 (978-1-890132-19-4) Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co, 1998.

The Earth-Sheltered House is a classic in the annals of sustainable building books, written by a legend in the field of environmentally responsible architecture. Malcolm Wells has a fundamentally different way of looking at the design and building process, and his iconoclastic perspective has never been more apparent.

Wells's work is revolutionary, but readers will find his message to be pure common sense. Earth sheltering offers superior comfort with minimal energy input, and it is adaptable to diverse terrains as well as a variety of architectural aesthetics.

Shou

This would be a nice coffee table book to flip through if one was only mildly interested in unusual architecture.

However, if you are looking for a book with viable building plans for underground homes - this book leaves you hungry.

Many of the drawings are for commercial buildings - one is even for an underground fire dept. Not enough focus on single family homes. Also, there were many sketches that involved flights of fancy and while they may be interesting they are not very practical for everyday use.

Steelrunner

Wells is the final word on this type of construction.

*Nameless*

Interesting book.

Fani

This is an eye opening book. A lot of Wells conceptual designs that never were constructed. I enjoyed this book very much. Its a shame this book is all black and white, I just wanted to seem some color on some of the sketches. This book is very much worth the money. One of my favorite wells books. I like the way this book is put together, some of my favorite binding type as well.

Kefym

I found this book "by accident;" a spontaneous shopping spree for anything earthy & architectural... 90+ percent of my others were donated one way or another somewhere else... This one is un-put-down-able!!! I have read & re-read it. My boyfriend (not usually into architectural "reads") read it cover-to-cover in one read. I'm getting a set for my eldest & my baby, both artists, earthy & architecturally appreciative. Amazing book!! G-E-N-I-U-S author/architect! I can't say enough!

Rigiot

This book is a witty self-depricating humorous perspective from a leading earth shelter architect who had a hard time seeing his work realized... Quite an interesting read. While it is not useful for guidance on the design or construction of an earth sheltered home, most people contemplating such a feat will identify with Mac's frustrated ambition to move us all underground.

My main disapointment was that the center section of the book, originally in color, was black and white in this revised addition...

Uthergo

I have many of Malcolm"s writings and drawings (mostly in book form). This book is a great collection of his many designs, details and actual buildings. They are inspirational and wide-ranging. Though he passed away in 2009 his work speaks to us more strongly with every passing day, every year, and every accumulating global disaster. I came to the conclusion years ago that he was a major thinker, in fact a prophet. Not the gloom/doom kind (like me)--but the kind who sees trouble in the world far into the future, and returns to the world hopeful, positive, practical solutions. If we took this humble but brilliant man seriously we would probably be living much closer to paradise. His thinking could be the basis for 'inhabiting' a living earth, not turning it inside out- with oil on top: in air, water, and everywhere.

Ultimately his work challenges us to be to be more wild, free, and responsible- like natural processes. This book is a gate opening onto many paths. Take one.

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Sort of a guided tour of Malcolm Wells' sketchbooks. Lots of great insight as to what did or did not work in his designs.