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3D PRINTING
also see.. §ENGINEEERING (3D Printing)§

AMIE (Advanced Manufacturing + Integrated Energy) integrated 3D printed home & vehicle being developed at Oak Ridge National Lab with industry leaders

Youtube.com
• China is 3D Printing Full Apartment Buildings & Mansions
• Clayton Home Building Group 3D Printed House AMIE with Oak Ridge National Lab
• Contour Crafting: Automated Construction: Behrokh Khoshnevis at TEDxOjai
• Fully-customized, modular solar house is 3D printed prefab
• Video: Giant Chinese 3D printer builds 10 houses in just 1 day


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ADHESIVES

Adhesives.org, About, Glossary, SiteMap

AdhesiveAndGlue.com (minor adds) SiteMap
• Epoxy adhesives
• Glass Bonding
• Physical adhesives requiring temperature or pressure applicatioN
• Polyurethane adhesives
• Silicones, adhesives and sealants

Mecmesin.com: Knowledge Centre
• Glossary of Terms
• Peel & Adhesion Testing
• Technical Library

Wikipedia
    º Category:Adhesives
    º Category:Woodworking adhesives
• Adhesive
• Wood glue


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AFFORDABLE/LOW-COST HOUSING
also see.. Owner-Builder, Sustainable Architecture

DIRECTORIES-Affordable Housing
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

DIRECTORIES-Housing
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com


ArchitectureForHumanity.org

BuildersWithoutBorders.org, About, FAQ, Links
• Gallery
• Projects
• Publications, Resources
• Requests for Assistance


Digital-Ocean (InsituMixing Corp.)
• new building technologies for attractive, inexpensive, safe housing, easily constructed with unskilled labor
• Forums - ferrocement, PVA fibers

DirtCheapBuilder.com - About
• Papercrete

Habitat for Humanity International - Search for Affiliates, News and Events, SiteMap
• Africa
• Habitat World Magazine

HomesteadingToday.com, using dirt to make cement?

Institute for Planetary Renewal
• Life Support Technologies - Agriculture, Solar Energy
• Stirling Solar Energy Electric Generator
• Ultra Low-Cost Construction
    º Examples, Forms, Hexagonal Dome Design, Insulation, Materials, Models, Principles

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) - About, Links, Search
• FAQ Q&A
• Programs - State, Tribal
• Publications

National Affordable Housing Training Institute (NAHTI)
• technical assistance & training to improve production and government performance

Rural Studio - About
• Gallery
• Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee, 2

Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)

VastuShilpa founded by Balkrishna Doshi - About
• Publications
• Projects

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ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

Wikipedia
    º Category:Architectural elements
    º Glossary of architecture
• Arcade (architecture)
• Architectural glass
• Articulation (architecture)
• Atrium (architecture)
• Baluster
• Cant (architecture)
• Cantilever
• Clerestory
• Colonnade
• Corbel
• Cornice
• Cupola
• Escutcheon (furniture)
• Fascia (architecture)
• Fluting (architecture)
• Foundation (engineering)
• Gable
• Latticework
• Lintel (architecture)
• Molding (decorative)
• Mosaic
• Mullion
• Niche (architecture)
• Oculus
• Parapet
• Pergola
• Pilaster
• Portico
• Post and lintel
• Pylon (architecture)
• Roof garden
• Saddle roof
• Solar chimney
• Span (architecture)
• Spandrel
• Stile
• Stilts (architecture)
• Terrace (building)
• Truss
• Stoop (architecture)
• Veranda
• Wall footing
• Wall plate
• Waterstop
• Weep
• Window


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ARCHES, DOMES & VAULTS
also see... Domes, Geodesic Domes, Shells

Brantacan, Search, Sitemap
• Architecture beams arches & keystones

Equilibrium systems Studies in Masonry Structure by Philippe Block

Google Search
• structural arch analysis

The Ironto Wayside Footbridge: Historical Survey and Structural Analysis, Elaine Huffman

MIT Open CoursewareUse It! All Courses Index, Audio/Video Courses, governed by Creative Commons license: Architecture
• Analysis of Historic Structures 4.448
    º Lecture Notes

Godden Structural Engineering Slide Library
• Set B: Arch Structures Set E; Domes and Shells

Wikipedia
• Category:Arch bridges
• Category:Arches and vaults
• Abutment
• Arcade (architecture)
• Arch
• Arch bridge
• Barrel vault
• Blind arch
• Buttress
• Catalan vault or timbrel vault made from bricks or tile
• Corbel arch
• Dome
• Flying buttress
• Guastavino, Rafael
• Guastavino tile
• Neutral axis
• Roman Architectural Revolution, Roman concrete
• Skew arch
• Span (architecture)
• Statics
• Vault (architecture), List of architectural vaults

Youtube.com
• Catalan vault - Topic
• Escalera de boveda catalana construction of a Catalan tile arch stairway
• Escaleras tabicadas... Catalan tile vault stairways, 150 pics
• Gothic Vaulting East Tennesse State University
• John Ochsendorf, PINC Conferences
    º "Form and Forces" - John Ochsendorf
    º Guastavino Vaulting: From Barcelona to Black Mountain, John Ochsendorf
• Ramón Guarda Parera
    º Cómo construir un techo con bóveda catalana 1..., 2, 3
• A Tribute to Eladio Dieste, Structural Artist

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ASPHALT
Asphalt Contractor Online
Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association

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ASSOCIATIONS
The AIA Home Page: The American Institute of Architects

American Architectural Foundation (AAF), About
• Community Grants program public education programming, Education teacher resources & activities
• AIA/AAF Scholarship Programs

Architectural Research Institute
Archinect.com connecting architects
Associated General Contractors of America - site map
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
Assoc. for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
The Better Contractors Bureau ethical reliable contractors, fair pricing, good products, workmanship
BSRIA: Building Services Research Infirmation Association, UK
Building Research Establishment (BRE) UK - building performance, construction, fire prevention

BuildingTheWay.org teaching youth all phases of green construction
• How To Videos

Center for Understanding the Built Environment (CUBE)
Construction Specifications Institute
Federation of Master Builders (FMB), UK, Links "plu
National Association of Home Builders

National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), Links, SiteMap
• Journal of the National Institute of Building Sciences (JNIBS)

National Society of Architectural Engineers (NSAE)
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Structural Engineers Association of California books, FAQ's, jobs, software

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ATTIC SPACES

YouTube.com
• TrussLoftLtd
    º Truss Loft Conversion Process Start to Completion, Stage 1, 2


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BAMBOO, CONCRETE REINFORCED BAMBOO

Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Construction by Francis E. Brink & Paul J. Rush, U.S. Naval Civil Engineering Labaoratory

DeboerArchitects.com
• Bamboo Thoughts

Environmental Bamboo Foundation
• Grow Your Own House animation
• Manuals
    º Vertical Soak Diffusion Treatment Manual bamboo preservation procedures
    º Termite Testing (pdf)

Google Books
• Villegas, Marcelo
    º New bamboo: architecture and design

Guidelines for Building Bamboo-Reinforced Masonry in Earthquake-Prone Areas in India by Sreemathi Iyer, Master's Thesis, USC

NetWorks Productions
• Bamboo Architecture and Construction with Oscar Hidalgo

Performance Evaluation of Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Beams by Leena Khare, Master's Thesis, U Texas, Arlington

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BASALT FIBER

Basaltex.com ($) [Belgium]
Basalt-Fiber.com ($) FAQ

Basalt Fiber & Composite Materials Technology Development ($)
• Applications
• Materials made from Basalt Fibres
• Production Techniques

Basalt Guru ($)

Basalt.Today
• Basalt fiber composite reinforcement for concrete

BasFiber.com ($) (Kamenny Vek)
• Products
• Publications

Mafic ($) [USA & Ireland]
• Mafic Basalt Fiber
    º for Concrete (pdf)

MagmaTech ($) [UK]
• RockBar basalt fibre composite reinforcing bars
• Teplo L Tie tie masonry to other materials (low thermal conductivity )
• Teplo Tie low thermal conductivity wall ties for masonry

Monolithic Dome Institute education & construction company
• Basalt Fiber Rebar

RawEnergyMaterials.com ($)

Reade International Corp ($) [USA]
• Basalt Rock, Basalt Powder & Basalt Fiber / Strand

Sudaglass.com ($) [Houston, TX] Basalt-based fiber technology.
    º Ph: (281) 496-5427
• Fiber Strands
• Geo-Mesh
• Reinforcement rods
• Roving

TechnoBasalt.com ($) [Ukraine]
• Applications
• Basalt fiber
• Basalt rebar
• Basalt roving
• Geo-meshes and fabrics

YouTube
• Basalt Fiber & Composite Materials
• elinajenkinsraw
    º Basalt rebar 1
• Innovative Basalt Technologies
• Technologies of Basalt Materials
• Monolithic Dome
    º Basalt Rope
    º Basalt Roving Dome
    º Thin concrete with basalt rebar
• Talyn71 Gmail
    º Basalt products
• Totally Concrete Club
    º Nanoland introduces the Rockbar [construction]

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BATHROOMS
also see.. Floors, Pressure Treated Wood, Radiant Heat

Schluter.com
• Residential projects
    º Schluter-Shower System brochure
    º Tile Shower - Residential
• Waterproofing Membrane (pdf) sheet-applied, fleece webbed, pliable polyethylene

YouTube.com
• About.com
    º Best Bathroom Flooring Options
    º Worst Bathroom Flooring Options
• Adding a Bathroom to a Home: Waste Line Needs for New Bathrooms
• Buildipedia.com
    º Buildipedia DIY - How to Install a Toilet Kohler Watermiser with special fittings
• ChileabConstruction
    º Bathroom Flooring Demolition: Preparation for Tile
• Cool Plumbing Videos: Toilet repair DIY
    º Replace Toilet Flang with Repair Flang
    º Toilet Flange PVC Replacement Trick
    º Toilet Floor Repair 1 of 2
    º Toilet Floor Repair 2 of 2
• Dans Custom Travertine Master Bath with Neo angle stand up shower using rubber membrane & red guard water barrier
• Home Inspection - Bathrooms
• How to Install a Toilet: setting the wax ring
• How to Tile a Bathroom Floor
• Lowes
    º Choosing the Best Underlayment for Bathroom Drywall
    º How to Prep for a Ceramic or Porcelain Tile Floor
• Bathroom Remodeling Ceramic Tile Pebble Floor Tile Ceramic Tile Shower Tile Waterproof Part 1, Part 2 using waterproof membrane, Part 3
• Rocking or Leaking Toilet Flange Repair using a spanner flange
• Schluter Systems
    º Next Generation Bathroom Barrier free shower
    º Schluter-Kerdi-Board
• SeilingsFloors
    º Floor Tiling Preparation - Part 1 - Removing Baseboards
    º Floor Tiling Preparation - Part 2 - Removing Fixed Furnishings - The Toilet
• Toilet Flange Install
• TradesVideoInc
    º Toilet Bowl Sealing and Grouting
    º Toilet Installation and Replacement - cast Iron with caulked lead joint
• USG Corporation
    º DUROCK Tile Membrane Installation PART I, PART II
    º How to choose the right substrate for bathrooms


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BIOMIMETIC
also see.. Organic

PhilRoss.org
• Building Mycotecture
• Growing Mycotecture
• Mycotecture
• New Fungal Order

TED.com
• Mitchell Joachim: Don't build your home, grow it!

Wikipedia
• Biomimetic architecture
• Biomimicry


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BLOGS

Dan Brunn Architecture Blog “design, architecture, and awesome”
[un]grounded architecture research

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BOOKS

Google Books
• Vitruvius Pollio
    º The Ten Books on Architecture

Google Books (UK)
• Architecture
• Groat, Linda N.
    º Architectural research methods


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BRIDGES

Brantacan, Search, Sitemap
• Architecture beams arches & keystones
• Bridges
    º All Bridge Pages

Mark Ketchum's Online Scrapbook
• Bridge Engineering
    º Bridge Collapse Page including resonance failures
• Concrete Shell

PBS.org, NOVA
• SuperBridge
    º Build A Bridge
    º Resources
    º Tacoma Narrows Bridge Oscillation
    º Teacher's Guide


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CABINET MAKING
( also see... Woodworking )

Cabinet Making "If you love working with wood you will love this site"

^ ARCHITECTURE
CATHEDRALS, CHURCHES

Wikipedia
• Antoni Gaudí
    º Sagrada Família


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CERAMIC BUILDINGS
also see.. Earth Construction

CalEarth.org Nader Khalili's site
• Ceramic Houses & Earth Architecture: How to Build Your Own ($)

CasaTerracota.com Octavio Mendoza's site

Google Search
• Octavio Mendoza Casa Terracota, Images
• Ceramic house Nader Khalili, Images

House Made Entirely of Clay Attracts Visitors Octavio Mendoza's Casa Terracota in Villa de Leyva, Colombia @NBC.com

Wikipedia
• Ceramic houses
• Khalili, Nader

Youtube.com
• De visita en la Casa Terracota
• Search
    º Octavio Mendoza Casa Terracota
    º Ceramic house Nader Khalili


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CINDER BLOCK

A-1 Block Orlando, Fl.
• Screen Wall


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CODES, STANDARDS & REGULATIONS

ASTM International American Society of the International Association for Testing and Materials

Building Codes Assistance ProjectUse It! (BCAP) Links, Search, site map

Bulk.Resource.org bulk access to government information, run by Public.Resource.org
• CodesUse It! by state: Building, Electrical, Energy, Fire, Fuel & Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, Residential

CodeCheck.com, Links ( Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing )
• Sample Guides
    º Electrical (pg 25-26): Grounding, Service Conductors, Panels
    º Electrical (pg 27-28): Appliances, Boxes, Cables, Conduit, Rough

Building Energy Codes from U.S. DOE - Links & State Codes
Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA) codes, services, site map, training
CMD - Building Codes Library

IndianEngineer.com, Building Codes, Structural Design:
• Part VI Sturctural Design Steel
• Section 5A Plain and Reinforced Concrete

International Code Council, SiteMap
• Oregon

National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS) Links, Search
Ordinance.com building permits, inspections, licensing, ordinances, maps, zoning
Toolbase.org Homebuilding Industry Technical Resource, technology inventory

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CONCRETE, GROUT
also see.. Additives, §CIVIL ENGINEERING§, Soil Cement, ECC, FerroCement, FiberCement, Foam Concrete,
Gypsum, Insulated Concrete Form, Light Weight, Masonry, Pavement, §Wire§

4Specs.com Links to U.S. manufacturers' websites - Concrete
Acid Etching and Surface Cleaning

AIA Colorado - Sustainable Design Resource Guide (* home )
• Concrete
• Glossary

Advanced Civil Engineering Research Laboratory (ACE-MRL) cement, concrete- About, Search
• Communications, Letters and Notes
• Inventions and Patents
• Journal Papers
• Patents, Books and PhD Disertations
• Proceedings Papers

American Concrete Institute ($) books, certification, education, events, pubs, Search
Andre Haufe - Publications, Schnurzel.net
Architectural Precast Association
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products Association high strength, weighs 25% less, works like wood
British Cement Association
Buddy Rhodes Studio floors, furniture, signage, walls, showers, decks, walkways...
Cement Association of Canada events, News, solutions, tech support
Cement and Concrete Promotion Council of Texas (CCPC), Insulating Concrete Forms (') Directory
Concrete & Asphalt Online ads, articles (archive), events, News, Search

Concrete Centre UK concrete industry's central development organisation
• Codes and standards
    º Code for Sustainable Homes: Document
• Insulating Concrete Formwork
    º Specifying Cement Sustainability and factory-made cements
• Special concretes
    º Lightweight concretes
    º No-fines concrete

Concrete Colors Inc. - About, Why use Colored Concrete?
• Coloring, Texturing, Imprinting & Presentation of Decorative Architectural Concrete
• Products, MSDS Sheets, Specifications
    º Dry Shake Color Hardener and Antiquing Release Agent
    º Alkali Reactive Chemical Stain (ARCS)Use It!
    º Integral Colors
    º Stamping Tools/Textures
• Technical Bulletins (pdf file index)

Concrete.com ads, events, calculators, Forum, Links, News, products, Search
Concrete Fastening Systems concrete anchors & fasteners: wedge anchors, sleeve anchors & concrete tapcon screws
Concrete Foundations Association of North America events, Forum, Links, News, poured walls, resources

Concrete-Home.com Insulating Concrete Forms
• Forum

ConcreteHomes.com information, , Links, Search from the Portland Cement Association (PCA)
• Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
• Concrete Masonry
• Countertops
• Decorative Cast Stone & Flatwork, Manufactured Stone, Driveways, Fencing
• Fiber Cement Siding, Panel Systems, Retaining Wall Systems, Stucco
• Floor and Roof Systems, Roofing Tile
• Insulating Concrete Forms, Removable Forms (Cast-in-Place)
• Safe Rooms
• Shotcrete

ConcreteInternational.com ($) - Archives
ConcreteIron.com (ads!) Concrete Equipment, Auctions, Classifieds

ConcreteLifestyles.com
• Gallery

Concrete Masonry Online applications, association, events, pubs, technical abstracts Search

ConcreteNetwork.comUse It! calculator, construction topics, decorative concrete, maintenance & repair, Search
• The Art of Acid-Etch Staining

ConcreteOn-Line.comUse It! from the Concrete Society
• Discussion Forums
• Concrete @ Your Fingertips information tree (compendium, dictionary/glossary) with Search

ConcreteProducts.com & CementAmericas.com
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
Concrete Timeline

Construction Chemistry DirectoryUse It!

Deco-Etch.com - Do-It-Yourself Deco-Etching slide-show
Decorative Concrete Institute, Bob Harris
• Books & DVD's
• Gallery
• Glossary

Decorative-Concrete.Net contractors, Links, News, photo gallery, seminars, suppliers

Decosup (Decorative Concrete Supply Inc.)
• Gallery - Acid Stain, Color Charts, Polymer Stamping, Spray Deck, Stamped Concrete, Stamping Mats
• Products

FirstMix: Software for Concrete Mix Design (commercial) LogicSphere.com

Glossary for concrete terminology Moxie International

Guardian.co.uk
• Revealed: The cement that eats carbon dioxide Nikolaos Vlasopoulos, Novacem: magnesium silicates reduces concrete emmissions from 5% of the world's CO2 to absorbing 0.6 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of concrete produced

High Performance Concrete Center US Dept Transportation

Industrial Processors (Inpro), New Zealand Perlite mine - pumice, sand and perlite
• Atiamuri Sand & Pumice
• Construction Applications
• Perlite Characteristics

JISCMAIL.AC.UK mail lists
• Archives of ENGINEERING-CONCRETE, Search

Justanswer.com: Home Improvement
• Can you pour concrete over an existing foundation?

Kuraray.co, Ltd., Japan KuralonTM/ Kuralon K-IITM PVA-fiber for mortar/concrete applications
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Massivbau (German) - Downloads

MasterBuilders.com - Links
• Master Builders University (MBU) [free registratn req'd, slow loading slideshow]
    º ConcreteCollege - Concrete Components,

Milan Jirasek - Publications
Mold Rubber for Casting Concrete Molding Rubber & Casting Concrete: Smooth-On.com
The Monolithic Dome Institute, concrete domed homes, SiteMap
• How to Attach an Airform, (pdf download) Instruction Booklet

Moxie International Admixtures, cleaners, sealers, waterproofing - Glossary, Site Map
• Products
• Tutorial

National Aggregates Association sand, gravel & crushed stone producers

National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA)
• Tek Manual

National Precast Concrete Association manufacturers

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
• basics, benchmarks, books, environment, events, News, safety, Search, technical

Novacem carbon negative cement company utilizing magnesium silicates for magnesium oxide
• Carbon Negative Cement Overview
• Novacem carbon negative cement to transform the construction industry
• The Novacem solution

Ohio State U: Knowledge Bank
• Manufacture Of Cement by Fred A. Kremser

Permanent Buildings And Foundations (PBF.org/) Business News - ads, archive, events, Links
Pikehaven Limited Concrete Repair, Waterproofing, Resin Flooring: Concrete Defects and Degradation

Portland Cement Association (PCA), About
• Architectual & Decorative, Bridges, Homes, Pavements, Transit & Rail, Waste Treatment, Water Resources
• Bookstore
    º Architectural and Decorative Concrete
• Cement & Concrete Basics
• Concrete Technology
• Software
• Sustainable Development

Precast Concrete Institute (PCI) precast & prestressed concrete
Rhewum.com screening/seiving machines

RIB MC2 - Construction Estimating Software for Contractors
• Estimators' Reference
• Concrete Strengths
• Mortar Mixes types N, M, S, O, also glass block mortar, straight lime mortar & type K for historic preservation

SakreteConcrete.com - Concrete Products
Singapore Concrete Institute (SCI)
Solomon Colors Concrete Colors

TechDry.com
• Building Protection: Penetrating Damp, Rising Damp

Tilt-Up.com building applications, construction details, gallery, learning center, Search
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association builders & architects, buildings, events, Forum, Links, products, Search

Translucent Concrete
Translucent Concrete Videos @ YouTube
• HOMEMADE OPTICAL FIBER FIBRE OPTIC LIGHTING CABLE DIY Do it yourself Fiber Optic Cable Optical Fibre
• Translucent concrete_Sound On.mov

US Army Corps of Engineers Manuals (pdf)
• Standard Practice for Concrete for Civil Works StructuresUse It!
• Architectural Concrete

WADE Industries Concrete Pumping Equipment (boom or trailer type), New & Used
• Concrete Fiber Reinforcement

Wikipedia
    º Category:Concrete
    º Types of concrete
• Calcium hydroxide slaked lime
• Cement
• Cement kiln pyroprocessing hydraulic cements, as Portland, whereby calcium carbonate reacts with silica-minerals forming calcium silicates
• Composite material
• Concrete
    º Concrete slump test
    º Water-cement ratio
• Decorative concrete
• Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC)
• LiTraCon translucent concrete
• Papercrete
• Portland cement
• Pozzolan
• Properties of concrete
• Rebar
• Reinforced concrete
• Roman Architectural Revolution, Roman concrete
• Shotcrete
• Soil cement
• Structural engineering
• Translucent concrete
    º LiTraCon

WorldOfConcrete.com - SiteMap
• from Hanley-Wood, LLC
• Buyers Guide
• Article Archive - Search
• Problem Clinic - Search
• Publications - Concrete Construction, Concrete Producer, Masonry Construction
• World of Masonry Trade Show

Yossarian70038's Home (oocities.org Ads) - Alternative Concrete Construction Google Search Terms

YouTube.com
• concreteplanet1
    º Do it yourself concrete staining: How to stain concrete floors
• Concrete Staining - Learn How to Stain Concrete Floors & More
    º Concrete Staining Guide 1. Important Things to Know about Acid Staining Concrete Floors & Exterior
• confast Concrete Fasterning Systems
    º How to Install Concrete Wedge Anchors
    º How To Use Tapcon Concrete Screws
• MarshalltownCompany
    º How To Stencil Concrete
• NewLook International, Inc.
    º "Stamp" Concrete with Impression Patterns by NewLook
• 5,838 Rust-Oleum
    º Rust-Oleum Concrete Stain
• Smooth-On, Inc
    º How to Make a Custom Concrete Stamp out of Urethane Rubber
• SolomonColors Solomon Colors Inc., decorative concrete products
    º How to Stamp Concrete
• ZCounterform1
    º DIY Concrete Countertops | Liqui-Crete System
    º Installing Concrete Countertop Sink Form - Z Counterform


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CONSTRUCTION
also see.. Contracting, Do-It-Yourself §Civil Engineering§, §Energy Efficient Buildings§, §SHOPPING§

4Specs.com Links to U.S. manufacturers' websites & Forum

Abacus Construction IndexUse It! online resources for architects, engineers and construction professionals

Ask the Builder Home Page article archive, product index, Links, store, tips

ASC Info, UK building products & construction industry online resource
BuilderOnline.com ads, architecture, books, business, design, house plans, products, Search
Construction Glossary:   HomeBuildingManual.com
The Construction Site UK knowledge centre, construction intelligence, Links
The Construction Site (tm) Construction's Best Directory erosion control, industry, Links, technology
The Global Construction Network industry's work process models, business, industry standards
Home Central design, events, Links, Material Selectors, Tool Dictionary...
Home Improvement and Repair from Hometime

Institute for Research in ConstructionUse It! Building Digest articles, engineering & practical, pubs, Canada

IT-Lodge.com, EHandbook
• Concrete
• Construction
• Design

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Environmental Energy Technologies Div ( Links )
• Building Technologies Dept
    º Commercial Building Systems: Building Design Advisor (BDA) software, Download
    º Interoperability
    º Software

NOCON - International Heavy Construction forefront engineering technology, blasting, Tunnelling...
^ ARCHITECTURE
CONTRACTING
Associated General Contractors of America - site map

BuildCentral.com & BuildCentral.net construction community, procurement & project solutions

Consulting-Specifying Engineering, About, FAQ, Glossary, Links, News
• Electrical/Power Quality
• Fire, Life Safety and Security
• HVAC and Building Automation
• Lighting
• Plumbing
• Online Tools
    º CustomCost Estimator
    º Project Reporting
    º QuickCost Calculator for Projects, select from more than 50 building types

ContractorMag.com Mechanical Contracting, Links, News
Contractors Hot Line auction, ads, Construction Equipment & Parts, events, pubs, Search

Contractors-Library.com book sale promotions - Links
• Forums
• InformationAreas: Calculators/Conversions, Licensing by State, Repair Articles Index..
• Software, free (registration req'd)


^ ARCHITECTURE
CONTROLS
Electronic House Online home automation & management systems

^ ARCHITECTURE
DOORS & WINDOWS
also see.. Glass Block
DIRECTORIES-Doors & Windows
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

4Specs.com Links to U.S. manufacturers' websites - Metals
American Window Alliance
Builders Express Listing surplus custom doors & windows products
Door-Doors Directory manufacturers & suppliers
Edgetech Super Spacer insulating glass spacer, FAQ, Homeowner info
Efficient Windows CollaborativeUse It! (EWC) unbiased recommendations & information
Energy Star, Use It! Resources for Window, Door and Skylight Manufacturers and Retailers
Google Search: low emissivity glass
Morris Glass Inc.
OSI Professional Grade Adhesives and Sealants
• QUAD Advanced Formula Window, Door & Siding Sealant

Replacement Window Center information, installation quotes, referrals

RiteProductsInc.com
• Bandit Latch modified strike plate prevents thieves kicking open a door

Tim Johnson's Replacement Windows GuideUse It! Forum, Links
• Articles
• Knowledge Center Types of materials & glass, layers of glass & air spaces
• Reviews
• Windows 101

Window and Door Magazine archives, buying guide, classified, industry news
WindowsToday.co.uk replacement windows buyers guide, double glazing tips, gallery

YouTube.com
• BuildIQ Video Channel
    º Best Practice Window Flashing Installation


^ ARCHITECTURE

DUCT WORK & SHEET METAL
also see.. Insulation

YouTube.com
• BuildIQ Video Channel lots of duct board videos
    º Sealing Flex Duct to Flex Duct
    º Sealing Rigid Duct to Rigid Duct
• Cheap DIY sheet metal brake
• Corey Binford
    º Installing Flexible Duct - Insulated Duct - DIY
    º Sealing Ductwork DIY - How to Seal your Ductwork
    º How to Seal an HVAC Duct with Mastic - Duct Sealant
    º Repairing Ductwork - How to Repair Large Holes in Ductwork
• DIY Ductwork Installation sart at 2:40
• DIY - sealing ductwork
• Ductwork fabrication.wmv hand-crafted
• The Fine Art of Ductwork Installation (using bending tool) 1, 2, 3
• Fritz Rochester
    º HVAC : How to Make & Install Sheet Metal Panning & Headers for between joist return air
• How-To install a round tap
• Installing Return Air Duct circle cutter use
• Leeniesue
    º How to Make Sheet Metal Duct (in a Shop) 1) plasma cutter, 2) Edging, 3) Roll former, Hammer time
• Quick Tips - Bending Sheet Metal with a vice & 2x4's
• R & J Sheet Metal - Custom Spiral Duct Work (shop fabricated circular duct)
• SpiralManufacturing
    º Vanstone Flange Field Mounting Installation
• T&N Services LLC.
    º Amana Furnace Prep Part 2
    º Field Fabricated HVAC 3 Piece Sheet Metal 90 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
    º HVAC Sheet Metal Video Series (field fabrication wit simple tools) Pt1, Pt2, Pt3, Pt4, Pt5, Pt6, Pt7, Pt8a, Pt8b
• tradesmanservice
    º Commercial Metal Duct Installation
    º Replacing Old Air Conditioning System With Ducts
• Using my homemade sheet metal bending brake


^ ARCHITECTURE
EARTH CONSTRUCTION and ADOBE
also see.. Ceramic Buildings, Earth Berm, Soil Mechanics, Sustainable Architecture, Underground Construction

Adobe Alliance, Presidio, TX - About, Design, Projects
AdobeBuilder.com ($) - SiteMap

ASTM International American Society of the International Association for Testing and Materials
• Standard Guide for Design of Earthen Wall Building Systems ASTM E2392/E2392M-10e1
• Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System) ASTM D2487-11

Auroville Earth Institute
• Technique Introduction

BuildingConservation.com, SiteMap
• Articles
    º Earth Buildings and Their Repair by Dirk Bouwens

Cal-Earth Institute Hesperia, CA - FAQ
• EcoDome
• Emergency Shelter
• Home Sweet Dome: How You Can Buy Your Own Adobe Abode from CBS Los Angeles
• Museum Galleries - Domes, Photos, Sandbags
• Planetary Architecture, Lunar Structures

CastEarth.com earth mixed with calcined gypsum (plaster of paris)
Construction History Society - Menu

Earth Structures (Europe) stabilised rammed earth (SRE)
• The Process

Lehm Ton Erde (Loam-Clay-Earth) Martin Rauch
• Residential Projects

RammedEarthWorks.com David Easton, About

VITA.org (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) - Search: Construction
• Understanding Ferrocement ConstructionUse It! by J.P. Hartog

Wikipedia
    º Category:Rammed earth
    º Category:Soil
• Adobe
• Burdei half dug-out shelter
• Cast earth
• Cob (material)
• Compressed earth block
• Dugout (shelter)
• Earthbag construction
• Earthen plaster
• Earth house
• Earth lodge
• Earth sheltering
• Fogou stone-lined underground structure
• Kiva
• Mudbrick
• Pit house
• Rammed earth
• Retaining wall
• Sod house
• Soil cement
• Soil nailing
• Superadobe
• Underground home
• Underground living
• Wattle and daub
• Zemlyanka dugout or earth house

Youtube.com
• Cal-Earth Institute
    º Cal-Earth on CBS News
    º Eco Dome, Building a Small Home Use It!
    º Eco Dome, Building a Small Home 2

^ ARCHITECTURE
EARTH BERM & UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION
also see.. Earth Construction, Soil Mechanics, Ventilation

The $50 and Up Underground House Book: How to Design and Build Underground, by Mike Oehler, paperback, Mole Publishing Company/Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1981, ISBN: 0-442-27311-8, 116pp.

American Underground-Construction Association
British Earth Sheltering Association (BESA) registration required
colfibrex.com pre-fab earth sheltered
Davis Caves Construction, FAQ, Links

Earth-house.com ($) commercial home sales
• Earth Sheltered Architects

Earth Sheltered Homes (Rocky Mountain Research Center)
• World's First Passive Annual Heat Storage Home, Winter
• Earth Bermed PAHS Home, Earth Tube HVAC, Tube Details

Earthship Biotecture: Putting Housing Back into the hands of the People, Links ( Earth-based )
Earthwood Building School - Earth Shelter

Google Books
• Deep gallery shelters by Army War College, US War Dept 1917
• Design of underground installations in rock: space layouts and excavation methods by US Army Corps of Engineers
• Shield and compressed air tunneling by Hewett & Johannesson 1922
• subject:“Underground construction”
    º Engineering and design: design of structures to resist the effects of atomic weapons; buried and semiburied structures

MalcolmWells.com

PotKettleBlack.com, Natural / Alternative Building Photo Gallery
• Underground Shelters, 2, 3

Radius Engineering, Inc. self-contained underground fiberglass survival shelters, About, Links
• Choosing a Shelter

U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Consumer Energy Information - Fact Sheets
• Earth-Sheltered HousesUse It!

Underground (earth bermed and sheltered) Home, Richard S. Olsen, PhD

VeljkoMilkovic.com
• Self-heating Ecological House

Wikipedia
    º Category:House types
    º Category:Puebloan architectural elements
    º Category:Soil mechanics
• Burdei
• Dugout (shelter)
• Earth house
• Earth lodge
• Earth sheltering
• Earthship
• Fogou
• Grubenhaus
• Hogan
• Icelandic turf houses
• Kiva
• Monolithic architecture
• Pit-house
• Quiggly hole
• Reynolds, Mike (architect)
    º Earthship
• Rock cut architecture
• Sod house
• Sod roof
• Souterrain
• Wells, Malcolm (1926-2009) “father of modern earth-sheltered architecture”
• Young, Earl (architect) (1889-1975)
• Underground home
• Underground living

WilliamLishman.com
• Underground Architecture


^ ARCHITECTURE
EARTHQUAKE
also see.. §GEOLOGY-Earthquakes§

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE) databases, SiteMap, Table of Contents
• Software and Manuals free Downlaods & Links


^ ARCHITECTURE
ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES (ECC), AIRCRETE, CEMENT ADDITIVES, FIBERS, FOAM CONCRETE, LIGHT-WEIGHT
including.. LightweightAggregate Suppliers
also see.. Concrete, Ferrocement

A J Voton LLC
• Foam Concrete - Advantages, Properties

AlliedFoamTech.com, Foamed Concrete and Lightweight Concrete

ASTM International American Society of the International Association for Testing and Materials
• Standard Specification for Foaming Agents Used in Making Preformed Foam for Cellular Concrete ASTM C869/C869M-11(2016)
• Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method ASTM C173/C173M-16 for dense, cellular or lightweight concrete
• Standard Test Method for Foaming Agents for Use in Producing Cellular Concrete Using Preformed Foam ASTM C796/C796M-12

Buildex.com expanded shale lightweight aggregate
BuildingGreen.com - Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: Is North America Finally Ready?

Cellular Concrete LLC - FAQ, Search
• Products, MSDS Sheets, Specifications

Clean Washington Center, Seattle, WA - Recycled Glass in Portland Cement Concrete

Columbia U Civil Eng Dept.
• Christian Meyer's Glass Concrete research and testing to reduce alkali-silica reaction (ASR) effects
• replaces part of the cement with metakaolin (a clay mineral)

Concrete Fibers, Inc. - Pricing
• Nylon, Polyester, Polypropylene

The Concrete Institute Midrand, South Africa
• Foamed concrete (pdf)

Construction Chemistry DirectoryUse It!

Digital-Ocean (InsituMixing Corp.)
• new building technologies for attractive, inexpensive, safe housing, easily constructed with unskilled labor
• Forums - ferrocement, PVA fibers

Domegaia.com
• Air-crete

Ductal.com high tensile strength, dense, non-reinforced ECC: (pdf) Specification

Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC, EngineeredComposites.com) - About, Search
• international; organizations for research , development & commercialization of ECC materials & applications
• Historical Timeline
• News
• Publications (pdf docs")
• Research

Expanded Shale Clay and Slate Institute
• Manufacturing Facilities find one near you

Fibermesh.com - engineers
FiberSource.org
The Fly Ash Resource Center Home Page

Flying ConcreteUse It! Steve Kornher - Links
• structural & sculptural forms in light weight concrete
• Doors & Windows, Roof Forming, Barrell Vaults, Roofs, Stairs and Rails
• Garden
• Houses: Adria's, Low Income, Our, Tim Sullivan's, Barrell Vaults
• Sculpture
• Steve's Introduction to Light Weight Concrete
• Concrete Manual, US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation reprint
• Wine Cellar

FRC (Japan) with high-rise building photos, article: FRC Curtain Walls (Fiber-reinforced concrete)

GeckoStone.com Interlocking Pavers & Molds, John August
• House
• Light Weight Concrete
• Modular Concrete Furniture
• Permanent Shelter in Hawaii: LWC vs. Regular Concrete, Q&A, Structures + more

Gemini, Making lightweight concrete for the year 2000
Gimme Shelter! an owner-bult home, lightweight Perlite aggregate insulated ferrocement roof

GlassMtnPumice.com
• Geology, Pumice Stones
• Light Weight Concrete, Pumice Specification
• Plant Tour

Google Search:
• Lightweight Concrete, Light Weight Concrete,

GreenhomeBuilding.com, Lightweight Concrete

ImagineDuctal.com (LaFarge)
• About Ductal: Aesthetics, Ductility, Durability, Strength, Technical Characteristics (current research ref's)
• FAQs (pdf file index)

Kouray PVA fibers, Kuraray America, Inc. and Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Lafarge see Concrete products:
• Agilia low labor self-consolidating, no vibration, surface finish
• Ductal 5x strength, steel or polymer fibers eliminate reinforcing steel bars

Litebuilt
• aerated Lightweight Concrete Technical Information: 1, 2
• KiBlock mortar-less interlocking building block - Technical Imformation, Photos

Litracon translucent concrete continaing optic fibersUse It!

LivingInPaper.comUse It! Papercrete site, Note: Technical Reports have ($) monetary charges but much free info
• Construction
• Domes & Vaults
• Forms
• Mixes
• Tests

Moxie International - Glossary, Site Map
• concrete admixtures, sealers, waterproofers, cleaners, and repair products
• Products
• Tutorial

Northeast Solite Corporation, Links
• manufacturers of structural grade lightweight aggregates since 1953

Papercrete.comUse It!
• Basic Information, Alternative and Free Materials: Papercrete Ideas continued

Perlite.net & the American Perlite Company

Perlite Institute Inc. (Perlite.org)
• Perlite Information
    º Basic Facts
    º Perlite in Simulated Stone, Masonry and Wood Products

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) from USAchemical.com

Portland Cement Association
• Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC)

PowerPozz High Reactivity Metakaolin pozzolan
• Process and Properties

Pozzolans, lime, and alternative cements & A brief Introduction to Pozzolans from EcoBuildNetwork.org
Pozzolans for Lime Mortars from BuildingConservation.com, Articles

Pultrusion of Smart, Hybrid FRP Reinforcement for Concrete
• from Penn State U, Dept Engineering Science & Mechanics ( text only )
• carbon, aramid, glass, & polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers; polyester & vinylester resins

Pumicecrete Building Systems of New Mexico, Scott MacHardy, owner
• Introduction What is Pumice-crete and How is it Used?
• Affordable Housing and Large Scale Projects

PVA High Strength & Modulus Fiber from ChinaFiber.com
Schundler Company, Construction Uses of Perlite And Vermiculite Articles
SilicaFume.org - Silica Fume, a very reactive pozzolan

Starship-Enterprises.com, Joun Hall
• DomeHouse Home, papercrete on steel, also at SunStar-Solutions Gallery
• Papercrete: Barrel Mixer, DogHouse Dome, History of Papercrete
• Papercrete Mailing List: Archives, Subscribe (write the word subscribe in the subject line)

Structural Engineers Association of California books, FAQ's, jobs, software
TechFabLLC.com

TXI.com Boulder, CO
• Expanded Shale & Clay

Universal Aggregates, LLC construction aggregates from coal combustion by-products, Bridgeville, PA
• Process
• Technical Library

U.S. Dept of Transportation, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center - Library
• subject Index -- Fiber Reinforced Concrete
• subject Index -- Plain and Structural Concretes
• Guidelines for Detection, Analysis, & Treatment of Materials-Related Distress In Concrete Pavements I, II, III
• High Performance Concrete Library - High-Performance Concretes (1989-1994):
    º Abstract, Exec Summary, Acknowledgements, Annotated Bibliography
    º 1. Introduction
    º 2. Materials and Production
    º 3. Behavior of Fresh Concrete
    º 4. Behavior of Hardened Concrete
    º 5. Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
    º 6. Applications of High Performance Concrete
    º 7. Recent Activities of Organized Programs on HPC
    º 8. Conclusions
• (pdf,395kb) Materials and Methods for Corrosion Control of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete...
• Portland Cement Concrete Pavements (PCCP) Publications
• Portland-Cement Concrete Rheology and Workability: Final Report
• (pdf) Testing the Chloride Penetration Resistance of Concrete: A Literature Review

U Dundee, Civil Engineering, Concrete Technology Unit, Research, Glass Cullet Surplus Project
• Suitability of Glass Cullet as a Cement Component in Concrete

U Sheffield
• Centre for Cement and Concrete (CCC), Links
    º Sotiris Demis, Assistant Manager
• ConFibreCrete Network, Links

US - Japan Composite and Hybrid Systems Research Program papers

Wade Industries Concrete Pumping Equipment, New & Used
• Concrete Fiber Reinforcement

Wikipedia
    º Category:Concrete
    º Types of concrete
• Asphalt concrete (Asphalt)
    º Rubberized asphalt with crumb rubber from recycled tires
• Autoclaved aerated concrete
• Basalt fiber
• Concrete
• Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC)
• Foam Concrete also known as Air-Crete
• Geotextile
• Metakaolin
• Papercrete
• Pozzolan
    º Pozzolanic reaction
• Reinforced concrete

YouTube
• Clever House Foam Cement Method 20 11 2013
• Off Grid World
    º 10 Houses Printed in 24 Hours - 3D Printed Concrete Homes
• Hajjar Gibran
    º Domegaia Dome Building with air-crete
    º Mixing AirCrete by Hand
• Monolithic Dome
    º Basalt Roving Dome
• TrinicLLC commericial cement additive applications


^ ARCHITECTURE or ECC
LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE SUPPLIERS
^ ARCHITECTURE
EDUCATION & TUTORIALS
also see.. History, §Distance Education§

ACE Mentor Program Volunteers mentoring youth toward architecture, construction & engineering, Links
• Forum
• FAQs for: Companies, Students

American Architectural Foundation (AAF), About
• Community Grants program public education programming, Education teacher resources & activities
• AIA/AAF Scholarship Programs

American Society for Engineering Education - Engineering: Your Future, Links
ArchKidecture.org architecture for children
Architectural Education for the 21st Century forum/journal - architectural education & technology
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)

Boston Architectural College
• Practicing Professionals Distance Master of Architecture DegreeUse It! online learning from anywhere in the U.S.

BuildingTheWay.org teaching youth all phases of green construction
• How To Videos

Learning through Architecture using Architecture in the Classroom

MIT Open CoursewareUse It! All Courses Index, Audio/Video Courses
• Architecture
    º Basic Structural Design
    º Structural Mechanics under mechanical or areospace engneering
    º Building Technology III: Building Structural Systems
    º Building Technologies III: Building Structural Systems II
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Media Arts and Sciences
• Urban Studies and Planning

Dmoz.org
• Distance Learning

Lowes.com: Projects
• How to Library with videos
• Videos

National Architectural Accrediting Board
• Resources for Students
    º see NAAB Accredited Programs in Architecture

Pennridge School District: Structural Concepts

U Dundee, School of Town & Regional Planning
• Conservation Glossary
• Links - Europe, North America, UK
• Publications

U New Mexico, School of Architecture & Planning
• Gaduate School Online Application
• Search Course Catalogue

U Texas, School of Architecture
• Graduate Degrees

Wikipedia
    º Architectural GlossaryUse It!
    º Category:Architectural education
    º Category:Architectural elements
    º Category:Architectural history
    º Category:Architectural styles
    º Category:Architecture by region
    º Category:Architecture schools
    º Category:Bridge design
    º Category:Bridges
    º Category:Building materials
    º Category:Buildings and structures
    º Category:Computer-aided design
    º Category:Computer-aided design software
    º Category:Concrete
    º Category:Concrete shell structures
    º Category:History of construction
    º Category:History of engineering
    º Category:Lattice shell structures
    º Category:Low-energy building
    º Category:Professional certification in architecture
    º Category:Roofs
    º Category:Stadiums
    º Category:Structural analysis
    º Category:Structural engineering
    º Category:Structural system
    º Category:Tensile architecture
    º Category:Tensile membrane structures
    º Category:Timber framing
    º List of building types
    º List of lighting design applications
    º List of low-energy building techniques
    º Timeline of architectural styles
• Arch
    º Arch bridge
    º Keystone (architecture)
    º Springer (architecture)
    º Voussoir
• Architectural animation
• Architectural educator
• Architectural elements
    º Alcove
    º Arch
    º Architrave
    º Barrel vault
    º Capital (architecture)
    º Ceiling
    º Colonnade
    º Cornice
    º Cupola
    º Dormer
    º Entablature
    º Fireplace
    º Floor
    º Frieze
    º Roof
    º Soffit
• Architectural engineering
• Architectural geometry
    º Honeycomb (geometry)
• Architectural lighting design
    º Daylighting
• Architectural Registration Exam
• Architectural rendering
• Architectural sculpture
• Architectural structure
    º Air-supported structure
    º Tensairity
    º Tensegrity
    º Tensile structure
    º Tessellated roof
• Architectural style
    º Classical architecture
        ◊ Composite order
        ◊ Corinthian order
        ◊ Doric order
        ◊ Ionic order
        ◊ Tuscan order
    º Gothic architecture
    º Modern architecture
• Architecture
• Architecture studio
• Artificial architecture
• Bachelor of Architectural Studies
• Bachelor of Architecture
• Bridge
• Building
    º Architecture of cathedrals and great churches
    º Basilica
    º Church (building)
    º Church architecture
    º Eastern Orthodox church architecture
    º Mausoleum
    º Palace
    º Stadium
• Computer-aided engineering
• Distance education
• Doctor of Architecture
• Dome
    º Geodesic dome
• Electricity
    º Home wiring
• European Architecture Students Assembly
• Geodesic airframe
• History of architecture
• History of construction
• History of engineering
• HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)
    º Active solar
    º Air conditioning
    º Evaporative cooler
    º Geothermal heat pump
    º Heating
    º Heat pump
    º Passive solar building design
    º Radiant cooling
    º Thermal mass
    º Underfloor heating
    º Ventilation (architecture)
• Master of Architecture
• National Aptitude Test in Architecture
• National Architectural Accrediting Board
• National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
• Plumbing
• Roof
    º Tessellated roof
• Structural engineer
• Structural engineering
    º List of thin shell structures
    º Thin-shell structure
    º Structural load
• Sustainable architecture
    º Active solar
    º Adobe
    º Autonomous building
    º Cob (building)
    º Cordwood construction
    º Earth house
    º Earthbag construction
    º Earthen floor
    º Earth sheltering
    º Gabion
    º Geothermal heat pump
    º Green building
    º Green roof
    º Heliotrope (building)
    º Low-energy house
    º Mudbrick
    º Natural building
    º Off-the-grid
    º Passive solar building design
    º Rammed earth
    º Rubble trench foundation
    º Spar and Membrane Structure
    º Straw-bale construction
    º Superadobe
    º Thatching
    º Thermal mass
    º Timber frame
    º Wattle and daub
    º Zero-energy building
• Vault (architecture)
    º Barrel vault
    º Keystone (architecture)


^ ARCHITECTURE
FIBER CEMENT SIDING & BACKERBOARD
also see.. CONCRETE

JamesHardie.com
• Products
• Exterior Products
• Interior Products HardieBacker board


^ ARCHITECTURE
FIND IT HERE
DIRECTORIES-Architecture
Alexa | dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | TenLinks.com | WWW Virtual Library | Yahoo.com

DIRECTORIES-Construction
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Yahoo.com

4Specs.com Links to U.S. manufacturers' websites & Forum
Abacus Construction IndexUse It! online resources for architects, engineers and construction professionals
AECInfo Architecture, Engineering and Construction
The Architecture Project fundamentals & history - U Arizona, College of Architecture
Art and Architecture.org (UK)
AugustHome.com Gardening, Home Improvement, Woodworking
Architecture Resource Directory education, exhibits, firms, organizations, services, technology

The Blue Book of Building and ConstructionUse It! 550,000 listings, ads, company profiles, Search

BobVila.com

BricsNet.comSee It! associations, catalogs, Forum, materials, News, Search, services

Build.com Directory of building & home improvement industry
BuildersBookSource.com
Buildfind.com Portal - Construction applications, materials, prodcuts & services
Building Industry Exchange Directory: architects, contractors, engineers, equipment, suppliers, tools...
BuildingOnline.com associations, landscaping, professionals, products, Search, software
BuildingProducts.com concrete, construction materials, finishes, masonry, mechanical, electrical...

Building Trades Directory (.. dir.com), Links, United States
• Architects Directory
• Business Management and Software
• Contractors Directory, NM, TX
• Engineers
• Guilds, Trade Unions, and Subcontractors
• Landscape
• Schools & Institutions

CGarchitect.com computer graphics in architecture, gallery, Links
The Civil Engineer's Mega Bookmark
Classic Builder's Resource wood or plaster coffers, columns, friezes, medallions, mouldings, niches...
Clearinghouse.net:   Engineering Links to planning, design, construction of structures, machines, systems
Construction Resources Nottingham Trent U, UK
ConstructionWebLinks.com, Search, SiteMap
Contractors.ca Canadian home & commercial improvement site
Contractors Hot Line auction, ads, Construction Equipment & Parts, events, pubs, Search
Cyburbia Planning and Architecture Internet Resources
Death By Architecture (ads! deathbyarch.com), Forums, Links

DesignGuide.com links to architectural suppliers, materials & information

DoItYourself.com The Original Internet Community
Entablature.com News & Links
Europe and India - Architecture and Arts
First Source Exchange Portal - building products & manufacturers, Search
GlobaleArchitect.com Design & Construction Portal
ImproveNet.com calculators, designs, guides, plans, professional locator, products...
LAVA -- the Lab for Architecture
NorthWest Builders Network construction News, resource guide, internet marketing services

Plan Net Architecture Online:
• Links - Associations, CAD, E-Newsletters, Publications, Universities
• Articles, Book Reviews, News

structurae: International Database and Gallery of StructuresUse It! Links ( Buildings: General, Specific )
• "largest internet database," all historical periods

Sweets Product Marketplace (McGraw Hill's)

ThisOldHouse.com
ThomasNet.comUse It! formerly Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Voice of the Shuttle Portal
• Architecture

Web Based Lighting Information Links
WWW Virtual Library: Architecture
Yahoo Search: Arts: Design Arts: Architecture

^ ARCHITECTURE

FLOORS, TILE
also see.. Bathrooms, Pressure Treated Wood, Radiant Heat, Walls

Ceramic Tile Education Foundation ($) local, regional, and national training programs

Ceramic Tile Institute of America (www.ctioa.org) - Reports
• Basics of Layout
• Bonding To Concrete Surfaces
• Exterior Glass Mosaic Tile on Portland Cement Mortar
• Preparation Of Concrete Slabs for Bonding Ceramic Tile
• Working with Portland Cement Concrete

Custom Saltillo International, Paver Facts & Efflorescence tips

FloorsTransformed.com
• Ceramic Tile Installation Forum, FAQ

FreeFitFloors.com suction technolog, no adhesives required, water tight fit
Masonry and Ceramic Tile Institute of Oregon - Links, Tech Notes Online
Repair-Home.com, How-to - How to Install Ceramic Tile

Schluter.com installations systems for tile and stone
• Products
    º Ditra prevent expansion and contraction crack stresses

Tile Council of North America, Inc. (TCNA)
• Ask an Expert
• Publications: ($) Handbook for Ceramic Tile Installation ( Order Form )

theTileDoctor.com
• Latex Leaching on Ceramic Tile Veneer (efflorescence)
• Working with Portland Cement Concrete

TileNet.com Ceramic Tile Network: Online Brochure
Tiles-r-Us.com - How to Install Ceramic Tile

USG
• Poured Flooring
    º Backerboard
• Tile, Flooring and Membranes
    º Durock Tile Membrane & Adhesive

Wikipedia
    º Category:Building materials
    º Category:Ceramic art
    º Category:Mosaic
• Ceramic tile cutter
• Porcelain tile
• Quarry tile
• Tile
• Vitrified tile

Wirsbo.com radiant floors FAQ's, products, training

Youtube.com
• 365drills
    º How to fix anchor bolts for toilet pans into tiled floors sponge water cool your bit
• AsktheBuilder.com
    º Brick Cleaning using oxygen bleach (not chlorine bleach)
    º How to Cut Ceramic Tile using a hand rod saw
    º Sanded Grout matching existing colors
    º Thinset for Ceramic Tile Floors
• Bathroom Ceramic Tiling Project. Outside Corners
• Bathroom Tiling: How to Prepare Bathroom Walls for Tile
• Buildipedia.com
    º Buildipedia DIY - How to Install a Tile Floor
• Danny Lipford
    º How To Grout Tile: Correct Technique Makes It Easy
    º How to Lay Tile in the Bathroom
• EnduringCharm
    º Preparing A Shower Or Bathtub Area For Tile
    º Tips and Techniques for Tiling a Shower Surround with corner shelf
• Isaac Ostrom
    º Tile Floor Layout and Installation diamond wheel on 4” grinder
• Lowes
    º How To Install Porcelain & Ceramic Tile Floors
    º How To Prep For Procelain & Ceramic Tile Floors
• Menards
    º Floor Preparation for new flooring removing vinyl tile
    º Floor Tile Installation
    º Tiling A Backsplash
    º Tile Redi Shower Pan with flashing & Redi-Niche wall niche
• National Tiles
    º Cutting & Corners: National Tiles DIY Tiling 07
    º Tiling Walls: National Tiles DIY Tiling 08
    º Mosaics: National Tiles DIY Tiling 09
• rynoboy666
    º Toilet Seating
• Sal DiBlasi
    º How to cut a hole in ceramic tile for toilet flange... angle grinder
• Schluter Systems
    º Schluter-Reno-Ramp Installation
• SeilingsFloors
    º Floor Tile Layout - Part 1 - Floor Tile Alignment, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
    º Floor Tile Mortar - Part 1 - Types Of Mortar For Floor
    º Floor Tile Cutting - Part 1- Angle Grinders & Diamond, Part 2 Part 3
    º Floor Tile Cutting - Part 1 - Ceramic Tile Breakers, Part 2
    º Floor Tile Cutting - Part 1 - The Wet Tile Saw Part 2
    º Floor Tile Subfloors - Part 1 - What Are Subfloors?, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
    º Floor Tile Mortar - Part 2 - How To Mix Floor Tile Mortar
• TheSubwayTile
    º Finishing corners with subway and chair rail tile bullnose
• tile day 3 rondec metal Schroeder outside corner
• toppstiles1
    º Tiling a Wall - Borders and Edges
• USG Corporation
    º DUROCK Tile Membrane Installation PART I, PART II
    º FIBEROCK Installation Video


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GLASS BLOCK
also see.. Doors & Windows, Masonry

IBP Glass Block
• Canopies and Awnings
• GlassWalk Floor Systems
• Shower Systems
• Skylights
• Windows

Glass Block Shop Ireland

Innovate Building Solutions: Glass Block
• Accessories for Glass Block Showers
• Colored and Frosted Glass Blocks
• Columbus Glass Block: Products & Installation Services
• Glass Block Windows for Basements and Bathrooms also Door Sidelites
• Vinyl Framed Glass Block Windows

IBP Glass Block

Pittsburgh Corning
• LightWise Residential Windows
    º GuardWise Basement Security Windows
    º Residential Windows
• Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price List (MSRP) Glass Block Units & Accessories, Jan 1, 2011 (pdf)
• Where to buy

Wikipedia
    º Category:Glass architecture
    º Category:Masonry
• Glass brick
• Glass Block Windows for Basements and Bathrooms

Youtube.com
• AcmeIBP
    º IBP Glass Block Grid System Shower Installation
    º IBP Glass Block Interior Partition System mortarless prefab aluminum frame frame
• AsktheBuilder.com
    º Glass Block
• The Glass Block Channel Columbus Block, Innovate Building Solutions
    º Glass & Acrylic Block Windows for Kitchen, Basement, Bathroom Remodeling
    º How to Grout a Glass Block Wall Using Urethane Grout
    º Using Glass & Acrylic Block Windows for New Home, Replacement & Remodeling...
• GlassBlocksIreland
    º Building glass block windows
    º Diy glass block building
    º How to Form a Door Opening in a Glass Block Wall
    º How to Build A Wall Using Glass Blocks - Method 1
    º How to Build a Window using Glass Blocks
• Installing a basement glass block window (DIY) with vent
• Installing a basement glass block window with vent
• TheMrBanjocat's channel
    º How I install Glass Blocks in basement windows set in a stone wall
• Outdoor HowTo: Home Work With Hank
    º Glass Block Installation Types and Use
    º Installing Glass Block... The Easy Way (Installation Types and Use continued)
• PittsburghCorning
    º Glass Block - How It's Made
    º How To Install Pittsburgh Corning Glass Block ProVantage system


^ ARCHITECTURE
GLAZING, GLASS

Aerogel: Energy-Efficient Material for Buildings at Berkeley Lab

Airglass AB - FAQUse It!, Links
• Gallery

Hubert van Hecke's aerogel page

Litracon translucent concrete continaing optic fibersUse It!

The Sol-Gel Gateway - Links ( Associations ), News
• Education
• Journals
• Tutorials - articles

SunTuf.com Polycarbonate, PVC and Acrylic Architectural Panels
U New Mexico - Brinker Group Homepage

U Virginia Aerogel Research, Norris Reserch Lab - Links
• Gallery
• Resources - History, How.. Made, Properties ( Optical, Thermal, Physical )

Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology - Links

Wikipedia
• Dispersion (optics)
• Fiberglass
• LiTraCon glass fibered light transmitting concrete
• Fused quartz
• Glass
    º Architectural Glass, Glazing in architecture, Insulated glazing
• Low dispersion glass
• Optical fiber


^ ARCHITECTURE
GEOTECHNICAL RESOURCES
WWW Virtual Library: Geotechnical Engineering Directory

^ ARCHITECTURE
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

The Architect of the Capitol - United States Capitol Complex
• Architectural Features and Historic Spaces, Chronology, Construction History

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Environmental Energy Technologies Div:
• Building Technologies Dept
• Indoor Environment Dept


^ ARCHITECTURE
GYPSUM
also see.. Concrete

USG.com building materials manufacturer
• Education & Engineering
    º Gypsum Construction HandbookUse It! download (pdf)
• Product Literature


^ ARCHITECTURE
HISTORIC CONSERVATION & RESTORATION
also see.. §Conservation (ART)§, §Grants§

American Institute of Architects

Association For Preservation Technology International (APT) LinksUse It!
• Articles

BuildingConservation.com, SiteMap
• Articles by Author, by SubjectUse It!

Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC) from Stanford U
• Grants
• Search
• Selecting a Conservator - Form

Associated General Contractors
Campbell Center, Mount Carroll, Illinois
Institute of Classical Architecture
International Council on Monuments and Sites ( ICOMOS, English ) About, Links
Masonry Conservation Research Group, Robert Gordon U

National Park Service, Historic Buildings and Structures
• Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings Secretary of the Interior
• National Historic Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places
    º National Register Information System (NRIS) database, Help
• Preservation Tech Notes Case Studies
• Tax Incentives

National Preservation Institute, Links
National Trust for Historic Preservation
RestoreTraining.org ($) Workshops on Architectural Conservation Techniques, Links
Society of Design Administration

Traditional-Building.com
• Articles
• Product Database & Search

Wikipedia
    º Category:Architectural history
    º Category:Architectural styles
    º Category:Conservation-restoration
    º Category:History of construction
    º Category:History of engineering
    º Timeline of architectural styles
• Ancient Greek architecture
    º Agora
    º Ancient Greek temple
    º Theatre of Ancient Greece
• Ancient Roman architecture
    º Circus (building)
    º List of Roman amphitheatres
    º List of Roman dams and reservoirs
    º List of Roman domes
    º Roman aqueduct
    º Roman concrete
    º Roman temple
    º Thermae baths
    º Vitruvius
        ◊ De Architectura
    º Roman Architectural Revolution
• Architectural conservation
• Building restoration
• Conservation-restoration
• History of architecture
• History of construction
• History of engineering
• International Institute for Conservation
• Metals conservation
• Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings


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HISTORY
also see... §HISTORY of Science§, Education, Master Architects

DIRECTORIES-History
dmoz.org Open Directory | Google.com | Vitruvio.ch | Yahoo.com

The Ancient City of Athens Kevin. T. Glowacki & Nancy L. Klein

The Architecture Project fundamentals & history - U Arizona, College of Architecture
• Glossary - General Terms, Greece, Roman

Buddhist architecture and its tradition
De architectura, Vitruvii: Latin text from Bill Thayer
Digital Archive of American Architecture, Prof. Jeffery Howe, Boston College

EssentialHumanities.net
• Timeline of Western Architecture

European Architectural Theory of the 1880s James Duncan Berry
Greek Architecture, Archaeology of Greece, U North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Images of Medieval Art & Architecture Alison Stones
International Archive of Women in Architecture Guide to the Collections
Medieval Architecture Page Beau A.C. Harbin
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture University of Virginia Library
RoadsideAmerica.com - Last of the Xanadus early 1980's wet polyurethane foam sprayed over balloons
Society of Architectural Historians
Vitruvio.ch

Wikipedia
    º Category:Architectural history
• Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472)
• History of architecture
• Vitruvius (75-15 BC)
    º De architectura


^ ARCHITECTURE

HOMEINSPECTION

Professional Home Inspection Company
• Newsletters
• Reference Material
    º Home Maintenance Checklists
    º Mold Information / Testing

Wikipedia
    º Category:Real estate
• Home inspection

YouTube.com
• Educating the Homeowner


^ ARCHITECTURE
INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS (ICF)
also see.. Concrete

INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS (ICF) SUPPLIERS
• American Polysteel, LLC.,   technical information
• Durisol ICFUse It! green building insulated wood forms, certified LEED, FAQ
• Eco-Block gallery, Links, specs, training
• Greenblock.com polystyrene: advantages, Forum, specifications, typical structures
• ICF Builders Network articles, facts, features & benefits, Q&A, safe rooms, technical info
• Lite-Form polystyrene - commercial & residential applications, installation guide
• RASTRA Building System insulated forms, site map & Search
• Reddi-Form polystyrene - CAD details, energy facts, specifications & technology
• Reward Wall Systems polystyrene - events, FAQ, installation manual, site map, specifications
• SmartBlock (American ConForm Industries, Inc.) expanded polystyrene, variable width or standard

EnergySavers.gov (US Dept Energy)
• Insulating Concrete Forms

GreenBuildingSolutions.org
• Forms and Function

Nudura.com
• Technical Centre

Rastra.com, FAQ, SiteMap
• Library

ToolBase.org
• Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, SiteMap
• Publications: Housing Production and Technology
    º Costs And Benefits Of Insulating Concrete Forms For Residential Construction
Wikipedia
    º Category:Building technology
• Insulated concrete form

Youtube.com
• APEX Block
    º Build it Smarter With Apex Block


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INSULATION, THERMAL PROTECTION
also see.. §HVAC§, Roofing & Moisture/Vapor Protection

3m.com
• 3M Venture Tape Non-Adhesive FSK Facing 1527 for insulation, ASTM E84: 5/10 Flame/Smoke Rating

4Specs.com Links to U.S. manufacturers' websites - Thermal and Moisture Protection

Cabot
• Aerogel

Energysavers.gov: Insulation and Air Sealing
• Foam Board Insulation

HowToHomeInsulation.com

Insulation Fact Sheet from Oak Ridge National Lab, Dept. of Energy
• Adding Insulation to an Existing House (Smart Approaches)
    º Insulation Recommendations for Existing Wood-Framed Houses U.S Map (Figure 3)
    º Retrofit Best Practices Guide (pdf)
    º Zip Code Insulation Program
• Insulating a New House
• Which Kind of Insulation is Best?

InsulationStop.com products

National Insulation Assoication
• Glossary
• Simple Calculators

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Building Envelopes ProgramUse It! (roofs+walls)
• Calculators
    º Modified Zone Method
    º Simplified R-Value Recommendation
    º Whole-Wall Thermal Performance
    º ZIP-Code R-Value Recommendation recommended climate-based insulation
• Fact Sheets and Handbooks
    º Insulation

Pack-n-tape.com
• Venture Tape
    º 3M 1527 Venture Tape non-adhesive FSK aluminum Foil/Scrim/Kraft facing for various insulation, 2 ft x 200 ft
    º 3M 1527 Venture Tape as above, 4 ft x 150 ft

RadiantGuard
• Radiant Barriers 95-97% reflectivity, Ultima-foil aluminum & Xtreme-MET poly film with liquid aluminum coating

ReflectixInc.com products

Wikipedia
    º Category:Building insulation materials
    º Category:Thermal protection
    º List of thermal conductivities
• Building insulation
    º Building insulation materials
• Double glazing
• Heat transfer
• Insulated glazing
• Low emissivity
• Multi-layer insulation
• Pipe insulation
• R-value (insulation)
• Radiant barrier
• Spray foams (insulation)
• Superinsulation
• Thermal barrier coating
• Thermal bridge
• Thermal comfort
• Thermal conduction
• Thermal conductivity
• Thermal insulation
• Thermal mass
• Thermal resistance
• Window insulation

youTube.com/
• Corey Binford
    º Cellulose Insulation -How To Install Blown Insulation by Yourself
    º DIY Spray Foam Insulation - Poor Man's Spray Foam
    º Overcoming Fiberglass Insulation's 3 Main Problems


^ ARCHITECTURE
INTERNATIONAL

ArchiSeek.com Ireland (ads), About, Forum, Glossary
• Architects Archive
• Buildings Archive
• Competitions Archive
• Countries


^ ARCHITECTURE
LANDSCAPE
also see.. §Gardening§

American Society of Landscape Architects
WWW Virtual Library: Landscape Architecture

Youtube.com
• Search “retaining wall blocks”
• How to Plan a Retaining Wall Project

NEWSGROUPS
^ ARCHITECTURE
LICENSING, CONTRACTORS

Building Trades Directory (.. dir.com), Links:
• Construction Law.. firms & legal services
    º NM, TX

Craftsman-Book.com, Building Contractor's Exam Preparation Guide:
• Contents, Introduction, Chapter 1, Back Cover

State of New Mexico, Regulations and Licensing Dept, Construction Industries Division
• Rules and Law, Title 14 - Housing and Construction:
    º Chapter 1   Housing General Provisions
    º Chapter 6   Construction Industries Licensing, Part 3 Contractor’s License Requirements
    º Chapter 7   Building Codes General
    º Chapter 8   Fire Codes
    º Chapter 9   Mechanical Codes
    º Chapter 10 Electrical Codes
    º Chapter 11 Other Building Codes and Standards


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MASONRY, LATH & PLASTER, STUCCO
also see.. Concrete, §Fresco (ART)§, Glass Block, Leaning Walls, §Mosaics (ART)§, §Sculpture (ART)§

AllanBlock.com
• The Allan Block System mortarless and built-in interlock/drainage retaining walls
• Commercial Installation Manual (pdf)

Brick Industry Association (BIA)
• Technical Notes

BuildingConservation.com, SiteMap
• Articles
    º The Analysis of Mortar: The Past 20 Years by Peter Ellis
    º Dramatic Plasterwork Fibrous Plaster in Theatres by David Harrison
    º Exterior Stucco by Ian Constantinides and Lynne Humphries
    º Gauging Lime Mortars by Peter Ellis
    º Lime: The Basics by Jonathan Taylor
    º Lime Mortars and Renders: The Relative Merits of Adding Cement by Graham O'Hare
    º Lime Plaster and Render Reinforcement by Bob Bennett
    º Limewash and Distempers
    º Pozzolans for Lime Mortars by Pat Gibbons
    º Soluble Salts In Masonry by Catherine Woolfitt
    º The Technology and Use of Hydraulic Lime by John Ashurst
    º Traditional Lime Plaster: Myths, Preconceptions and the Relevance of Good Practice by Ian Constantinides
    º The Use of Gypsum Plaster by Tim Ratcliffe
    º What is Lime? by Jonathan Taylor

Building Stone Institute, Buyer's Guide (Search by Company, City or State)
Concrete Masonry Online applications, association, events, pubs, technical abstracts Search

HowToEngineer.com
• Masonry Columns, Piers and Pilasters

JISCMAIL.AC.UK mail lists
• Archives of ENGINEERING-MASONRY, Search

Keystone Walls decorative retaining or free-standing walls
Marble Institute of America
MasonContractors.org
Masonry and Ceramic Tile Institute of Oregon - Links, Tech Notes Online

Masonry Fence Walls and Retaining Walls standards from the City of Mesa, AZ

Masonry Institute of America (MIA)

MasonryMagazine.comUse It! Archives, Search

The Masonry Society (masonrysociety.org) advancing knowledge of the art & science of masonry: Membership Benefits
• 2016 Masonry Standards Joint Committee
    º 2013 TAC Review Version

National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA)
• Allowable Stress Design of Concrete Masonry Pilasters

Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association (OP&CMIA),   site Search

RIB MC2 - Construction Estimating Software for Contractors
• Mortar Mixes types N, M, S, O, also glass block mortar, straight lime mortar & type K for historic preservation

Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute Denver, CO
StoneWall SELECT Retaining Wall System, calculator, Links, manuals, technical: ICD Corporation

StrataStones.net quartz mosaic floor and wall tiles
• Ebay site

USG.com
• Plasters
    º Diamond Veneer Basecoat Plaster see resource center documents

Western States Clay Products Association (WSCPA) of brick manufacturers

Whole Building Design Guide a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences
• Building Envelope Design Guide - Masonry Wall Systems

Wikipedia
    º Category:Masonry
    º Category:Plastering
    º Category:Stonemasonry tools
    º List of decorative stones
• Bricklayer
• Calcium carbonate CaCO3
• Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 (slaked or hydrated lime)
• Calcium oxide CaO (quicklime or burnt lime)
• Cement
• Concrete
    º Roman concrete
• Drywall
• Gypsum
• Joint compound
• Lath
• Lath and plaster
• Lime plaster also see “Calcium oxide”
• Masonry
• Plaster
    º Gypsum plaster (plaster of Paris)
    º Lime plaster
• Plasterwork
• Polished plaster
• Portland cement
• Slipform stonemasonry
• Stone mason
    º Bush hammer for texturizing stone and concrete
    º Knapping shaping conchoidal fracturing stone tools
    º Lesbian rule for reproducing an irregular curve
    º Lewis (lifting appliance)
    º Plug and feather stone splitting wedges
    º Scabbling reducing a stone to a rough square
• Stone wall
• Stucco
• Wattle and daub

Youtube.com
• TheMrBanjocat's channel
• Stucco marble -Scagliola -Artificial Marble


^ ARCHITECTURE
MOLD CONTROL
also see.. Structural Pests & Damage

Exposure to mould and other dampness-related microbial agents increases the risks of rare conditions, such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis, allergic alveolitis, chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic fungal sinusitis. (World Health Organization, “Dampness and Mold”)

3M Particulate Respirator 8210, N95 @3M.com (see “Where to Buy” button for your zip code)

Atrix International commercial EPA, RRP, HEPA vacuum cleaners
• Cyclonic Turbo HEPA Vacuum [CYC-3] bagless

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation: Mold
• Mould and Your Health (pdf) booklet

Centers for Disease Control (cdc.gov): Mold
• Cleanup and Remediation
• Facts about Stachybotrys chartarum and Other Molds
• General Information
• NIOSH-Approved N95 Particulate Filtering Facepiece Respirators
• Related Issues
• Resources (Links)

Concrobium Mold Removal Products
• Mold Control attacks mold spore roots leaving invisible antimicrobial barrier
• Mold control Fogger
• Mold Resources articles & information
• Mold Stain Eraser

Dupont.com
• Tyvek Coveralls

EPA U.S. epa.gov: Molds and Moisture
• A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture, and Your Home
    º Cleanup and Biocides
    º Hidden Mold
    º How do I get rid of mold?
    º What to Wear
• Mold Resources
    º Asthma and Mold
• Mold Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings procedure if mold growth is over greater than 10 sq. ft.

Fiberlock Technologies
• Advanced Peroxide Cleaner mold & mildew stain remover
• AfterShock Fungicidal Coating
• Disinfectants, Sanitizers, Fungicides and Cleaners
• Mold Resistant Coatings and Sealants

Minnesota Department of Health
• Mold and Moisture in Homes

New York State Department of Health
• Molds and Your Home: What You Need to Know

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Dept of Labor
• Molds: Control & Cleanup

Wikipedia
    º Category:Hypocreales
    º Category:Lung diseases due to external agents
• Dyspnea shortness of breath
• Hazmat suit
    º Tyvek
• HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) filters used in vacuums
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis or allergic alveolitis: inflammation of the lung alveoli caused by hypersensitivity to inhaled organic dusts
• Hypoxemia low oxygen in the blood
• Pulmonary fibrosis excess fibrous connective tissue in the lungs sometimes causing the sound of fine inspiratory crackles
• Sinusitis inflammation of the paranasal sinuses
• Stachybotrys (Black mold)

Wood and Tree Fungi biology, damage, protection, and use by Dr. Olaf Schmidt, University of Hamburg

World Health Organization (WHO)
• Dampness and Mold Guidelines for Indoor Health Quality

YouTube.com
• AtrixInternational
    º Atrix Cyclonic Turbo HEPA Vacuum CYC-3 bagless
• Corey Binford
    º Killing Toxic Black Mold - How to Remove Mold Safely
• EnvirotechServices
    º Mold Remediation Video
• How to Repair a Split Rafter
• Mold Wranglers Montana
    º Kalispell Mold Stain Removal Testing Modec's MDF-500


^ ARCHITECTURE
MUSEUMS
Museums by Project LAVA Index of Museums
National Building Museum
Quondam Virtual Museum of Architecture Stephen Lauf

^ ARCHITECTURE
NEW MEXICO

Commission of Public Record
• Administrative Code
    º Building Codes General TITLE 14 - Housing & Construction, CH.7


^ ARCHITECTURE
NEWS, PERIODICALS & NEWSGROUPS
Archibot.comUse It!
Building Research Establishment: BRE, UK, online newsletters, research, Publications
The Construction Site news, jobs, summaries from major arch/eng/const zines
Design Architecture News
Dxfout The E-zine for CyberArchitecture
E.Scape - Criticism & Reviews
Inter-Américas Adobe Builder Magazine
Metropolis Online contemporary life through design
Vitruvius Online Electronic Magazine- Building Professionals

VirtualPROMOTEA Source! site promotion, traffic logs, awards, search engine forum

Web Architecture Magazine (WAM) Spain Art & Architecture
Yahoo Search - Architectural Magazines
NEWSGROUPS
^ ARCHITECTURE
RADIANT HEAT
including below.. YouTube Videos
also see.. Floors, §HVAC§, Woodburning

Laticrete
• LATICRETE Floor Warming Installation Video & Product Data Sheets

NuHeat electric radiant floor heating & freeze protection
• Cable System stone & tile or laminate & engineered wood floors: Videos
• Standard Mats with videos
    º Shower Mat, Installation manual

Radiant Floor Company Barton, Vermont USA
• Dictionary
• FAQ
• Heating System Types
• Heat Sources
• Installation Details
• Prices & Sample Quotes

Radiant Panel AssociationUse It!, Search
• Couses and Schools, Dates and Locations
• Standard Guidelines For the Design and Installation of ResidentiaL Radiant Panel Heating Systems
• Technical Papers

ThermoSoft.com electric radiant floor heating
• Electric Floor Heating Warm Tile
    º How To Install Radiant Floor Heating

SSHC, Inc., EnerJoy Radiant PeopleHeaters
• AboveRadiant

SunTouch electric floor heating and snow melting
• Do It Yourself
    º DIY Installation Manual (pdf)
• TapeMat

WarmBoard.com
• Installation
• Overview
• Technical Information

WarmTileFloors.com electric radiant heat, free custom design layout
• Floor Plan Layout Guide (PDF)
• Installation/Homeowner's Manual for WarmTouch floor-warming systems
• Intuititve Thermostat Instructions
• Intuititve Thermostat User Manual

Wirsbo.com radiant floors FAQ's, products, training

YouTube.com
• BarstowConstruction
    º Preparing a Floor for Radiant in Floor Heating
    º How we install Radiant in-floor heat
• Bumford Heating UK
    º Worcester Greenfloor Underfloor Heating Installation Guide Worcester Bosch
• Electric Floor Heating With Nuheat
• Flooring Supply Shop
    º SunTouch Mat -Introductory lnformation on how to Install 1of4, 2, 3, 4
    º SunTouch Mats Floor and Mortar Technique
    º SunTouch Radiant SlabHeat Cables Installation Instruction
• Menards
    º Warm Tiles - How To Install
• Radiant Floor Heat Tubing Installation in Floor Joists
• ThermoSoftCorp electric radiant heat
    º ThermoSoft Electric Radiant Floor Heating Mats - ThermoTile Installation
• World Class Tiles
    º Tile Floor Heating
    º Warm Tile Installation on Concrete
    º Warm Tile Installation on Plywood
    º Warm Tiles Installation - Thermostat Wiring, 120V Units, 240 V


^ ARCHITECTURE
CRAWLSPACES

Youtube.com
• CleanSpace - Crawl Space Encapsulation System
• Cleanspace crawlspace encapsulation system another
• crawlspace encapsulation, vapor barrier, no more mold & radon gas
• HouseSmarts TV
    º HouseSmarts “Crawl Space Encapsulation” Episode 109, Part 2, Part 3
• How to encapsulate your crawlspace


^ ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN

DesignGuide.com building and desingn industry advertising platform

Whole Building Design Guide a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences

Wikipedia: Design
    º Category:Arches and vaults
    º Category:Architectural design
    º Category:Architectural elements
    º Category:Architectural lighting design
    º Category:Baroque architectural features
    º Category:Courtyards
    º Category:Doors
    º Category:Fireplaces
    º Category:Floors
    º Category:Furniture
    º Category:Interior design
    º Category:Japanese architectural features
    º Category:Lighting
    º Category:Masonry
    º Category:Ornaments
    º Category:Saltbox architecture
• Architectural lighting design
• Architectural light shelf
• Decorative arts
• Glass Pavilion
• Interior design
    º Interior Design Education
• Law of flat surfaces
• Light Reflectance Value
• Open plan
• Ornament (architecture)
• Room divider
• Saltbox
• Spatial design
• The Salt Box


^ ARCHITECTURE
OWNER-BUILDER & DO-IT-YOURSELF
also see.. Construction, Ferrocement, Plumbing

Armstrong ceilings, floors, walls
Ask the Builder.com column & project archives, Links, News, products, tips, Search
Bob Vila's Home Site(.com) how to, gardening, remodeling, projects
Build.com Home Page Directory - home improvement products and info
Builderonline.com ads, architecture, books, business, design, house plans, products, Search
builders BOOKSITE Construction and Design Industry References and Links
BuildEazy.com home of free woodworking plans and projects
Buildfind.com Portal - Construction applications, materials, prodcuts & services
COBS Homes & Home Depot offers home construction services
Create-A-Bed Murphy bed or wall bed mechanism

DeltaThird.com by Katje Sana Erickson, Belen, NM, About, Links
• Design-Build Teamwork Process
• Energy Efficiency
• Custom Homes
• Online Plans

DIYnetwork.com
DoItYourself.com calculators, contractors, Forum, Links, loans, News,

Easy2DIY.com
Fine Homebuilding Magazine articles & tips, back issues, design, Magazine Index, materials, tools
Free Woodworking Info setting up a shop, pricing, Links

Google Books
• Kern, Ken
    º The owner-built home 1972, low-cost evolutionary architecture

Hammerzone.com lots of photos
• Project Archives decks, foundations, finish carpentry, flooring, framing, roofing, windows, doors...

HandyMan USA Articles, Classifieds, Experts, Forum, Hints & Tips, Mall, SEARCH
Home Energy the Magazine of Residential Conservation
Home & Garden Television   calculators, do-t-yourself, Forum, Search
HomeImp.com: Triad Systems articles & Links, lumber inventory control & accounting
HomeRepairForum.com, FAQ, Links
House and Home Online commerce, design, gardening, renovation
How to Build Your Own Home: degeorgeinc.comu
Individual Homes, building & renovating UK
Iron-N-Time fold away ironing board cabinet kit
LetsBuildAHouse.com or HowToWebTV.com
LogKit Inc. Log Homes, Log Houses, Log Buildings, Log Cottages, Log Kits: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
MichaelHoligan.com TV show, Links to home building, buying, remodeling, do-t-yourself, Search
NaturalHandyman.com, FAQ, Links, Search
ReferWork.com articles & advice on drywall, flooring, granite, painting, plumbing, roofing, siding, windows; submit your questions
Repair-Home.com, SiteMap, How-to directory
ServiceMagic.com artcles, consumer guides, design ideas, project planning, troubleshooting
SierraHome.com decorating, design, home improvement, Links, Material Selectors, Tool Dictionary...
Single Family Residential Construction Guide - Contents, DwelOnIt:   McVicker.com

Toolbase.orgUse It! Homebuilding Industry Technical Resource, technology inventory

US DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Use It! Building Technologies Program
• Building Toolbox

NEWSGROUPS
^ ARCHITECTURE
DOMES, GEODESIC DOMES
also see... Arches, Concrete Domes, §ENERGY§, Fuller, §ENGINEERING (Shells)§, §Greenhouse§, Shells, Space Structures, Vaults

Acidome Geodesoc Dome Calculator (Russian) requires Google translate

Adobe Alliance - Design inlcludes adobe domes & roofs

American IngenuityUse It! (Ai) since 1974

Applied-Synergetics.com
• Design Science University information & Links - Synergetics,
• DomeUse It! free GNU Open Source coordinate generating software, FAQ, ReadMe
• Dome Software Image Galleries - VRML, Ray-trace
• Geodesic Dome LinksUse It!
• Journal, Archive - Computational Cosmography
• Links - Ergonomics
• Open Source Software

Ardan Scientific Programming, L.L.C. - About by John Ardan, Links
• Geodesic Domes (PVC pipe greenhouse); Construction Details from old AOL site

Auroville Earth Institute
• Introduction to Vaulted Structures (AVD)
    º Catenary Vault
    º Egyptian Vault
    º Stability Notions

Buckminster Fuller Institute (bfi.org)
• Bio
• Domes - Manufacturers

CJFearnley.com
• R. Buckminster Fuller FAQ
    º Geodesic DomesUse It!

DesertdomesUse It! FAQ, Formulas
• Bamboo Domes assembly instructions with diagrams
• Conduit Dome Tips calculating, cutting, drilling, flattening, assembly, paint, with diagrams
• Dome CalculatorUse It! frequency: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• & Reverse Dome Calculator frequency: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Dome Diagrams - frequency: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• FAQUse It!
• Links

DomeBuilders.com builders, calendar, designers, equipment, how-to
DomeHome CompanionUse It! (DomeGroup.org) Forum Archive, Links

Drexel U - Tent Structures
Earth 360 Home Page - Geodesic Dome Education article

Geometry Center ( U Minnesota ), Graphics Archive - Platonic and Archimedean Solids graphics
Geo Tech Systems. Inc. - About, Prices
• Commercial Greenhouses
• Dome facts and general informationUse It!
• Domes - 20Foot, "Pacific Pearl" 30 ft Resort, 70Foot..
• FAQs
• PortableWaterTanks
• Quonsets

GoodKarmaDomes.com, Oklahoma City - Contents, FAQUse It!, Links
• "Bucky"
• Dome Basics
• Gallery
• Plans

Horton Dome
• Design/Tour, Lessons Learned, Shell Construction

Howard's - Home Dome
•atruts - Cutting, Drilling
• Assembly

How to Build a Geodesic Dome out of Cardboard

Jay SalsburgUse It! (Salsburg.com)
• Dome technology, Fly's Eye Dome Home (slow download Quicktime movies)
•
• Dome technology will change society for the better Geodesic Math (pdf)
• NASA Geodesic Design Concepts (pdf)

Mark Somers (Angelfire Ads) - Desert Water Dome Project

Michael J. Gourlay, Ph.D. Colorado Research Associates:
• Geodesic Dome Design (portable robust shade structures with photos)
    º Bibliography
    º Covering Patterns
    º High Frequency Designs
    º Math of HexayurtsUse It!
    º Misting Systems
    º Small dome details
    º Software - Algorithms, Graphics, Java ( repulsive points on the surface of a sphere ), JavaScript..

The Monolithic Dome.com concrete domed homes

Nature's Structural Elements by Robert Conroy
• 13' Ferrocement Dome-Cellar
• 24' House - Energy Calculations
• 32' House
• Conduit Domes
• Greenhouse
• Gunnite-Rebar Open Face Dome
• Solid Geometry Shareware Workbook

PBS.org - Building Big: All About Domes

Shelter Publications Inc. articles, books
• Articles on Negative Aspects of DomesUse It!
    º Domebuilder’s Blues
    º Domes/Rectangles
    º Refried Domes
    º Smart But Not Wise

Solar Concentrators WebsiteUse It!
• Concentrating sunlight
• Current systems - EUCLIDES, SolarTrak, Sunflower Facetted Dishes (geodesic)
• Software

Thirteen.org - Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (about the PBS "American Masters" film) with clips
• Geodesic Domes & Megastructures by J. Baldwin
• Thirteen.org-2 (alt wnet.org): Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud PBS "American Masters" film

Timberline Geodesic Domes wood dome frame kits - FAQ
• to Build a Dome, Plans
• Gallery

WindfallFilms.com
• Big, Bigger, Biggest - Series 2: Episode 9 - Dome

Worldflower Garden Domes Geodesic Domes - About, SiteMap
• Octahedral Domes & Dome Terminology

Wolfram Research
• Dome: Bohemian Dome, Geodesic Dome, Hemisphere, Sphere, Spherical Cap, Torispherical Dome, Vault

YouTube.com
• CNC-milled house dome inspired by Bucky Fuller's tensegrity
• Expanded Polystyrene Made Dome House mass production
• Kristoffer Tejlgaard
    º BL's Dome på Bornholm
    º Dome of Visions
    º People´s meeting Dome a Deconstructed Geodesic Dome
• Michael Davister
    º A Class I 6-frequency Geodesic Dome Structure Constructed with "Hinged" Triangles
    º A 6-Frequency Icosahedral Dome Roof Setting on A Pentagonal Base Structure

VENDORS
Composite geodesicDomes - Links & Photos, Products GeodomeRoof.com
Growingspaces.com Growing Dome Greenhouse kit

Worldflower Garden Domes lumber domes

^ ARCHITECTURE
DOMES (Concrete) - ECC, CONCRETE, MASONRY, PAPERCRETE
also see... Concrete, Domes, ECC, FerroCement, §Kiln (ART)§, Shells

Domes for the World Foundation

DomeTech.com since 1976 - About, Gallery
• Construction, DomeSizer
• Q&A ( Architectural, Structural ), Why?, for Storage,

DreamHillResearch.com
• Dome Project: Dome Shell Construction History

Monolithic Dome Institute [Italy, TX] air-form, super-insulated, reinforced - About, SiteMap
• Articles - Construction, Cost, Gallery, What is it?, Why Build it?
• Basalt Fiber Rebar by Marina Presley, Sudaglass Fiber Technology Inc., Photos
• Cold-bending rebar, EcoShell Construction, EcoShell II, Shapes, Soil Bearing
• Design Your Own Dome Home, Passive Solar Design Handbook
• History of Monolithic Domes
• Practical Design of Concrete Shells by Dr. Arnold Wilson ($49.95 pdf) with stress calculation program, 398 pages

Peter Roberts' Masonry Design @blogger.com, designer of triangular concrete blocks, founder of Spherical Block LLC, Introduction
• Building a water storage tank
• The curious case of masonry building code for triangular block
• Evaluating a masonry dome
• Geodesic frequencies and masonry domes
• Interlocking Triangular Block and Shell Theory
• Kilns and furnaces
• Monolithic Domes

R. Buckminster Fuller FAQ - Geodesic Domes

Skylight Construction L.L.C. - Search
•aalleries - Domes, Coatings

Starship-Enterprises.com, Joun Hall
• DomeHouse Home, papercrete on steel, also at SunStar-Solutions Gallery - January 2002, Feb, Mar..
• Papercrete: Barrel Mixer, DogHouse Dome, History of Papercrete
• Papercrete Mailing List: Archives, Subscribe (write the word subscribe in the subject line)
• Solar Oven.. in 1 Hour

SunStar-Solutions.com
• Why Circles? Why dome homes are better - Alternative or Standard Construction, ( 2, 3 / materials )
• Materials: Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC, using cellulose, ie, paper), Sraw Bale Contruction
• Gallery of Starship-Enterprises Dome Home

Turner, LloydUse It!
• California Sphere House at HGTV.com
• FerroExamples at PaiSite.com
 º DerivationOfGoreFormula, GoreForHemisphere, GorePattern
 º Hemispherical Airform, TorisphericalAirform, TorisphericalGoreDesign
• Foam Dome at Photos.Yahoo.com

Wikipedia
    º Category:Concrete - Concrete
    º Category:Concrete shell structures
• Basalt fiber also used as rebar or rope
• Concrete shell
• Geodesic dome
• Monolithic dome
• Papercrete
• Thin-shell structure

Youtube.com
• Coleman Priske
    º Bricklayers defy gravity, Impressive dome building without any support
    º Impressively skilled brick layers, Vault contructión
• Ferrocement tank in a remote community
• Hajjar Gibran
    º Domegaia Dome Building with air-crete
    º Mixing AirCrete by Hand
• Monolithic Dome Institute
    º Introduction to Monolithic Domes
    º Basalt Rope Video
    º Basalt Roving Dome
    º FEMA Dome Taking Shape in Lumberton, Texas
    º Monolithic Ecoshell Introductory Video
    º Monolithic Dome structures tops physics professor's list of durable safe shelters
    º Styrofoam Bead Insulated Ecoshells
• Monolithic Dome Construction with a Stucco Sprayer Hildebrand Construction in Haiti
• Monolithic Ecoshell Introductory Video


^ ARCHITECTURE
EVOLUTIONARY, EXPRESSIONIST & ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE & BIOMIMICRY
also see.. Ferrocement, Sustainable

ArchitectsForPeace.org
• Mick Pearce architect for termite inspired Eastgate Centre

AskNature.org
• Biomimicry Taxonomy: Biology Organized by Challenge
• Site Tutorial
• Thank a genius (video)

BiomimicryGuild.com Janine M. Benyus book
• Chapter 1 Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
BiomimicryInstitute.org
• Recent Case Studies
    º Termite-Inspired Air Conditioning

BiomiMicry.net (video)

Flying ConcreteUse It! Steve Kornher - Links
• structural & sculptural forms in light weight concrete
• Doors & Windows, Roof Forming, Barrell Vaults, Roofs, Stairs and Rails
• Garden
• Houses: Adria's, Low Income, Our, Tim Sullivan's, Barrell Vaults
• Sculpture
• Steve's Introduction to Light Weight Concrete
• Concrete Manual, US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation reprint
• Wine Cellar

Google Books
• Kern, Ken
    º The owner-built home 1972, low-cost evolutionary architecture

Google Images
• Evolutionary Architecture

InHabitat.com
• Green Building in Zimbabwe Modeled After Termite Mounds Eastgate Centre

Tsui Design & Research Inc.
• The Tsui House

Vanguarq beyond Architecture @Wordpress.com
• Tag Archives: architecture (videos)

Wikipedia
    º Category:Architectural styles
    º Category:Expressionist architecture
    º Category:Organic architecture
• Baker, Laurie (19172007)
• Candela, Felix (1910-1997)
• Concrete shell
• Emergent Design
• Expressionist architecture
• Fuller, Buckminster (1895-1983)
• Gaudi, Antoni (1852-1926)
• Goetheanum
• Gridshell
• Interactive architecture
• Makovecz, Imre (1935)
• Organic architecture
• Frei Otto (1925)
• Mushroom House
• Responsive architecture
• Shukhov, Vladimir (1853-1939)
• Steiner, Rudolf (1861-1925)
• Tensairity
• Tensegrity
• Tensile structure
• Thin-shell structure
• Tsui, Eugene (1954-)
• Xanadu Houses


^ ARCHITECTURE
FABRIC FORMED CONCRETE

Block Research Group (BRG) masonry structures, graphical analysis, design methods, computational form finding & structural design, discrete element assemblies...
• Design process for a prototype concrete shells... hybrid cable-net & fabric formwork
• History and overview of fabric formwork (pdf)

Geo-Synthetics.com
• Fabric Formed Concrete

National Institute of Building Sciences: Journal
• The Case for Catenary Roofs Feb, 2016 (registration required)

Wikipedia
• Geosynthetic polymeric materials for separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage & containment
• Geotextile permeable polypropylene or polyester fabrics that separate, filter, reinforce, protect or drain

Youtube.com
• dveenendaal
    º Heavy Light - Fabric-Formed Concrete Structures Mark West, Centre for Architectural Structures & Technology (CAST)


^ ARCHITECTURE
FERROCEMENT
also see... Concrete, Concrete Domes, ECC, §WIRE§, Nervi, Thin-Shells

Asian Institute of Technology, Links, (broken?) Organizational Units, SiteMap
• (broken?) International Ferrocement Information Center (IFIC)

BioArquitectura.com ( English ) Javier Senosiain Aguilar
• Gallery - 2, 3

Bo Atkinson (HarmoniousPalette.com) concrete sculpture methods, homes & functions, furnishings, plus non profit work
• Consulting “outside the box” design, installation & building, inventive geometry, material science, integrated craftsmanship services
• Dream GeometryUse It! synergistic searching of art, science & philosophy
• E-mail: boa1@pivot.net
• Equipment Fabrication Plans
    º Concrete Pump using Recylced Radial Tires
    º Corkscrew Mortar Mixer
• Methods
    º 3D rings and.. construction robot
    º corduroy wall forming
    º Earth Molded Concrete Sculpture: artisan secrets & sand casting using Simple Concrete Mixes
• Ring Reinforcement Methods
    º ring reinforcement pages
    º Slackwire Robot
    º Cement Plank
    º fiberglass insulation blocks
    º ringed truss structure concept
    º concentric spiral reinforcement
    º intersecting joists experiment
    º three axes ring reinforcement
    º one directional rings in thin, uninsulated walls
• Aeometric Software Visualization Isotropic Spin Clusters (Geodesics), Buildable Sculptural Illusions
• Visualize - Actualize 3d CAD to progressive concrete blogs - a free exchange of ideas

ConcreteCanoe.org - Links
• Design Reports, Tips and Strategy

Digital-Ocean (InsituMixing Corp.)
• new building technologies for attractive, inexpensive, safe housing, easily constructed with unskilled labor
• Forums - ferrocement, PVA fibers

FerroBoats.com - Forum, Links
• Construction, Ferrosheathing
• Elecrolytic & Galvanic action Ferro-cement & epoxy mixes
• Galleries - Hartley, Samson, Misc
• History
• Plans & Books

Ferrocement.com, SiteMap
• Construction Index
    º House
    º Pools, Tanks, Reservoirs
    º Road Building
    º Tools & Techniques
    º Water Tank

Ferrocement.netUse It!
• Articles - Experiences at the AIT, and what I learned about FC (ref Watson Mesh)
• Forum - Archives ( Google Search, Search, Topics)
• Links - Beginning with FC, Books and Journals, College courses/research
• Links (cont'd) - Examples, Photos, Plans, Online Publications, Organizations/Companies
• Member Gallery - Disclaimer, Contents ( Brad Ball, Steve Miller, mxSteve, Chris )
• Professionals

Flying ConcreteUse It! Steve Kornher - Links
• structural & sculptural forms in light weight concrete
• Doors & Windows, Roof Forming, Barrell Vaults, Roofs, Stairs and Rails
• Garden
• Houses: Adria's, Low Income, Our, Tim Sullivan's, Barrell Vaults
• Sculpture
• Steve's Introduction to Light Weight Concrete
• Concrete Manual, US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation reprint
• Wine Cellar

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Document Repository)
• Building a ferrocement fishing boat

Gimme Shelter! an owner-bult home, lightweight Perlite aggregate insulated ferrocement roof

Google Search
• ferrocement construction
• Journal of Ferrocement

Homestead.org, Ferro-cement on the Homestead

Jeff Forssell's Village Technology
• A ferrocement rain water tank 1988
• Our Rain Water Tank 1989

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Bangladesh: Low cost Model House

Mark Ketchum
• Bridge Engineering Page
• Shell Structures

MortarSprayer.com plaster, stucco, shotcrete, papercrete

OasisDesign.net: Rainwater Harvesting
• Water Storage book by Art Ludwig: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, Ponds, Ferrocement Water Tanks Art Ludwig

Pacific Gunite, Peter Epperson (FerroTanks.com) - What is Ferrocement?
• Custom Projects - Pools, Tubs & Spas, Ponds
• LavaCrete

ShambhalaVillage.US Doug Lacy, Silver City, NM (Douglacy77@hotmail.com)

Ted Baumgart's collection of FC oriented projects

Tridipanel.com - About, FAQ, Structural Specifications (PDF downloads, free registration req'd); Projects:
• Fire Ratings, Hurricane
• Homes: with Pool, Dome, Henderson, Jimmy Carter & Habitat
• Arched Walk Way, Barbeque, Counters, Seating, Chimney, Countertops, Shelves
• Ring, Wine Cellar

VITA.org (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) - Search: Construction
• Understanding Ferrocement ConstructionUse It! by J.P. Hartog

Wikipedia
• Coignet, François
• Concrete ship
• Ferrocement
• Hennebique, François
• Shotcrete

WilliamLishman.com
• Underground Architecture

Wood Family - How to Build a Ferro-Cement Boat step-by-step photos, ferrocement principles, Moving it

Youtube.com
• Building a concrete water tank in your back yard
• dveenendaal
    º Heavy Light - Fabric-Formed Concrete Structures Mark West, Centre for Architectural Structures & Technology (CAST)
• Ferrocement tank in a remote community
• ShambhalaVillage Doug Lacy, Silver City, NM (Douglacy77@hotmail.com)
    º The Parabolic Stress Skin System part 1, 2, 3, 4, ; 5
    º Roof Shells Going Up
    º Arched Truss Beam and Foundation Column Introduction
    º The Plaster Mix for Parabolic Stress Skin System


^ ARCHITECTURE
R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1895-1983)
also see... Domes, Master Architects

About Synergetics-L - Zipped Archives ( ReadMe )

Alexander Technique International (?), What is It?
• Continuous Tension, Discontinuous Compression Tensegrity and physiological support systems

Applied-Synergetics.com
• Design Science University information & Links - Synergetics,
• Dome free GNU Open Source coordinate generating software, FAQ, ReadMe
• Dome Software Image Galleries - VRML, Ray-trace
• Geodesic Dome Links
• Journal, Archive - Computational Cosmography
• Links - Ergonomics
• Open Source Software

Applied Synergetics Home Page - LinksUse It!
Banned-Books.com - Who was R. Buckminster Fuller? by Dr. Graeme Edwards

Bob Burkhardt'sUse It! Website (Tensegrity Solutions)
• A Technology for Designing Tensegrity Domes and Spheres
• Practical Guide to Tensegrity Design
• Tensegrity Press Releases and Photos
    º Octahedral Double-Layer Tensegrity Dome ( photos )
    º Obelisk ( photos ), 2nd ( photos with retrofit ), Bean Teepee ( photo )
• Tensegrity Viewer & JitterBug Java Applets with source codeUse It!
• Synergetics: Gallery, Tensegrity Letter by Fuller: ( 1, 2, 3 4, 5 )
• VRML Tensegrity Models

Buckminster Fuller Institute (bfi.org) - Bio, Domes

Buckminster Fuller Virtual Institute - Glossary, SiteMap
• Fuller's Grand Strategy
• Selected Ideas of Buckminster Fuller

Catalogue of Symmetric Tensegrities by Allen Back and Bob Connelly
• from the The Math Dept Instructional Computing Lab, Cornell U
• Definitions
• Gallery

Chris Fearnley
•amages of Basic Polyhedra & Domes
• R. Buckminster Fuller FAQ
• Reading Synergetics

Chris Rywalt's Portfolio Page - Links to Buckminster Fuller's important work on the Web
• Dymaxion Projection Animation
• Photos of applications of Bucky's work

Delirium's homepage - short page about Buckminster Fuller (Bucky)
Fluidiom Ecodesic online Elastic Interval Geometry in action
Fuller R Buckminster at Scientists, Geometry.net

George W. Hart Geometric Sculptor - About, Search
• Encyclopedia of Polyhedra & Pavilion of Polyhedreality
• Gallery and Links

Global Energy Network Institute (Electric Hypergrid, Linking Renewable Energy Resources) - FAQ, Search
• Articles - The Dymaxion Map Fuller Projection Explained, FAQ About the Dymaxion Map

Imaging the Imagined: Modeling with Math & a Keyboard
• Compression and Tension are good; Torque's a Killer (Tensegrity structures) Plato, Fuller & the 3 little pigs

John Miller - R. Buckminster Fuller short bio with Links

Mark Somers (Angelfire Ads)
• Desert Water Dome Project - multi mile diameter domes
• A Fuller Explanation ( 2 ) by Dr. Amy C. Edmondson: Download it: afullerex.zip from 42.html

A Mathematical Canvas by Kirby Urner - Beyond Flatland: Geometry for the 21st Century

Robert W. Gray's HomePage - Synergetics
by R. Buckminster Fuller - Copyright Notice - Contents, Scenarios Search
• Humans In Universe
• Synergy - Contents
• Synergetics - Contents
• Universe - Contents
• System - Contents
• Conceptuality - Contents
• Structure - Contents
• Tensegrity - Contents
• Operational Mathematics - Contents
• Modelability - Contents
• Omnitopology - Contents
• Triangular Geodesics - Contents
• Numerology - Contents
• 32 Color Plates
• Index - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Struck! Java Tensegrity Program - About ( 2, 3 ), Download
• try the Applet
• Elastic Interval Geometry
• Forum - Introduction
• Gallery
• SpringSpace - Gallery, Introduction

Synergetics on the Web by Kirby Urner, Links
• Biography: R. Buckminster Fuller: A 20th Century Philosopher
• Fuller Projection Dynamax Map
• Geodesic Domes: Geometry, History, Prototypes, Providers, Resources
• Introduction to Synergetics: Readings, Design
• Kirby Urner's articles: Introduction to Synergetics, Synergetics in the 90s, Toward a Psychology of Synergetics

Thirteen.org - Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out LoudUse It! (about the PBS "American Masters" film) with clips
•aymaxion - Car, House
• Geodesic Domes by J. Baldwin
• Interviews - J. Baldwin, Philip Johnson
• Megastructures
• Synergetics

^ ARCHITECTURE
MASTER ARCHITECTS
also see... History, Video
DIRECTORIES-Architects
dmoz.org Open Directory ( 2 ) | Google.com ( 2 ) | Vitruvio | Yahoo.com

Alvar Aalto Museum
Mauro Codussi
Wharton Esherick Museum
Fuller, Buckminster section on this page

GreatBuildings.com, Search ( Advanced )
• Great Architects, Great Buildings

MacTutor History of MathematicsUse It! O'Connor & Robertson, U St Andrews, Scotland
• Alphabetical Contents, Biographies & Chronologies, Historical Periods & Math Topics, Search
• Wren, Sir Christopher

Michael McDonough, e-House - environmentally appropriate systems & advanced building technologies
Nervi, Pier Luigi section on this page
Andrea Palladio Palladio's Italian Villas
Paolo Soleri Cosanti Foundation
The Louis Sullivan Page (oocities.org Ads) part of the Broadacre All-Wright Site
Frank Lloyd Wright (oocities.org Ads) Broadacre All-Wright Site

Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition
• from the Library of Congress ( 2 ), Exhibitions

Vitruvio.ch - Masters - Index of famous architects
• Brunelleschi, Filippo, Bio
• Eiffel, Gustave-Alexandre
• Fuller, Richard Buckminster
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Nervi, Pier Luigi
• Soleri, Paolo
• Vitruvius, Marco Pollione
• Wren, Sir Christopher
• Wright, Frank Lloyd

Wikipedia
• Baker, Laurie
• Flagg, Ernest Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)
• Kern, Ken The Owner Built Home (1972)
• Larson, Kent (architect)
• Prince-Ramus, Joshua
• Sinclair, Cameron


^ ARCHITECTURE
PIERRE LUIGI NERVI (1891-1979)
also see... Master Architects

AbsoluteArts.com (ads!) - Pierre Luigi Nervi
Structurae.de, People - Pierre Luigi Nervi
United Nations Philatelists, Inc. - Pier Luigi Nervi, Architect

U Wisconsin, Green Bay, Health and Cultural Difference: The Insights of Medical Anthropology
• Biographies of Well-Known Italians - A Synthesis of Science and Art: Pier Luigi Nervi, Master Builder


^
OPEN ARCHITECTURE

ArchitectureForHumanity.org


^ ARCHITECTURE
PAVEMENT
also see.. Concrete

Presto Geosystems permeable pavement options
• Filterpave Porous Pavements architectural aesthetics, ecofriendly recycled glass
• Filterpave video
• ReVISION Vegas Home retrofit enhanced by BASF chemistry @YouTube Video go to time 1:55 for Filterpave

StreetPrint.com decorative stamped asphalt & patterned paving products

Wikipedia
    º Category:Pavements
• Asphalt concrete
• Cast stone
• Cement tile
• Cobblestone
• Composite material
• Concrete
• Crumb rubber
• Paver (flooring)
• Paver (vehicle)
• Rubberized asphalt
• Soil cement
• Stamped asphalt

YouTube.com
• FilterPave by Presto Geosystems
• Presto GeoPave Porous Pavement System


^ ARCHITECTURE
PEX PIPE
also see.. Plumbing

ARDI Pex PEX Plumbing Systems & Radiant Heat products
• How to Install PEX Pipes & PEX FAQ
• Axis Fittings & Installation Instructions
• Compression Fittings
• Crimp Fittings & Insatallation Instructions
• Press Fittings & Insatallation Instructions
• Screw Fittings & Installation Instructions
• Manifolds

Fine Homebuilding
• PEX Water Pipe Connections (video) Leakproof joints faster than soldering

Google Search
• "pex pipe installation tips"

Houseneeds.com: Vanguard PEX Plumbing PEX Tubing, PEX Fittings Tools Manablocs & Accessories

BuildIQ.com: Jobsite
• PEX Plumbing Flexes Its Muscles increased energy efficiency & fewer water leaks
Oregon Institute of Technology, Geo-Heat Center
• Design and Installation of a New Downhole Heat Exchanger for Direct-Use Space Heating (pdf)

Pex Association (Switzerland) Library, FAQ, Links, Gallery

PexConnection.com PEX plumbing & radiant heating supplies

PexSupply.com supplies: PEX, radiant heat, heating, plumbing
Pex Tubing Store at ebay (guaranteed lowest prices)
Plastic Pipe Fittings Association
• PEX Products FAQ

PlumbingMadeSimple.com
• Flexible Pipe Installation Practices including instaneous type (coil or immersion) water heater warning

PlumbingNetworks.com
• PEX vs. Copper Piping advantages & disadvantages

Toolbase.org: Cross-Linked Polyethylene (PEX) Water Supply Piping high-temperature, flexible plastic (polymer) pipe
Zurn: PEX Plumbing Design and Application Guide

^ ARCHITECTURE
PLUMBING & PIPE FITTING
including.. Freeze Protection
also see.. Do-It-Yourself, Pex Pipe

Alliance for Water Efficiency
• Maximum Performance (MaP) Testing of Popular Toilet Models

American Society of Sanitary Engineering product approval, ($) standards

Bathtub Installation @ YouTube.com
• Bathroom renovation 1,
• 2, 3, 4, 5
• Gr8Handyman
    º Bathtub Replacement Youtube Short Visit gr8handyman com
    º Daisy's Custom Bathroom Floor Part 1 Tiling boxed-in Tub, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
    º Unique Bathroom Remodel (DENVER)
• How to install, replace a bathtub plumbing, drain tool
• How To Properly Remove A Lift And Turn Bathtub Stopper
• How to renovate a bathroom - Part 1
• Installing a Bathtub SplashBaths.com rail & mortar support

California Urban Water Conservation Council
• Maximum Performance (MaP) TESTING a better measurement of toilet performance

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI)
• Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings Handbook

CranePlumbing.com
• Neu Aztec Steel Bathtub 5' Recess, Drain Opening 2 1/8" & 3 3/4" drain recess

Green Source magazine of sustainable design
• New Toilet Testing Transforms Performance

Institute of Plumbing   Links, UK
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) Links, pubs, research, standards
thePlumber.com: Articles, FAQ, Handbook, History
PlumbingLinks.com
Plumbing Manufacturers Institute: Consumer Information, Links

PlumbingWeb.com Portal
• Advice
• Associations & Organizations
• Contractors
• Manufacturers, Mfrs' Representatives
• Publications
• Other Plumbing

PlumbNet.com forum, industry, Links

PMengineer.com, News, Links
• History of Plumbing

Southwest Environmental Inc.
• Toilet Perfomance Ratings Maximum Performance (MaP) testing

Wikipedia
    º List of valves
• Blackwater (waste)
• Cast iron
• Cast iron pipe
• Cesspit (cesspool)
• Community-led total sanitation
• Compost
    º Humanure
• Composting toilet
    º Clivus multrumi
• Drainage
    º Dry well
    º French drain
    º Infiltration basin
    º Percolation test
    º Percolation trench
    º Storm drain
    º Weeping tile
• Ductile iron pipe
• Feces
    º Human feces
• Community-led total sanitation
• Leachate
• Oakum
• Outhouse
• Piping
    º Flange
• Plumbing
• Septic drain field
    º Percolation test
    º Weeping tile
• Septic tank
• Sewage
    º Blackwater (waste)
    º Cesspit (cesspool)
    º Holding tank
    º Latrine
    º Outhouse
    º Sanitary sewer
    º Sewage treatment
• Storm drain
• Toilet
    º Chemical toilet
    º Composting toilet: Clivus multrumi
    º Flush toilet
    º Latrine

World Plumbing Council events, Links, Search

YouTube.com
• AsktheBuilder.com
    º Pot Filler Faucet using a rubber strap wrench
• Automatic sprinkler drain installation on galvanized piping
• Booksmart Neanderthal
    º Toilet Flange Install with ABS pipe
• Brian Ruppel
    º Shower Faucet Repair (thorough step by step.) replaces rubber washer
• iScaper1
    º 1/2" galvanized sprinkler pipe repair cut out pipe, Dresser Coupling installation
    º 3/4 inch galvanized pipe repair cut out pipe, add Tee & Dresser Coupling
    º Conversion: Manual sprinkler valves to automatic sprinkler valves
    º How to replace sprinkler valves
• Connect Push Fit Fitting to Galvanized Pipe
• Galvanized Pipe examples
• How to Remove Old Galvanized Pipe dangerous, clumsy cutting procedure
• How to repair PVC pipe: The Compression Fitting low pressure Dresser Coupling
• Galvanized Pipe Repair stop leak with clamp
• Lowe's How To Videos
    º Replacing and Installing a Toilet
• Man Cave - How To Pour Homemade Jigs
• MasterPlumber
    º Lead and Oakum Part 1
    º Lead and Oakum part 2
    º Soldering
• Menards
    º Toilet Replacement - How To
• Pouring a 2" Lead joint
• Pouring Lead
• Problems with galvanized pipes found during a Charlotte home inspection examples of constrictions from corrosion
• Removing Cast Iron Pipe
• SetRite Products
    º Complete Toilet Flange Extender Repair Kit set falnge on top of finished floor - cutaway view
• Using a PVC Cutter



^ ARCHITECTURE or PLUMBING
PLUMBING: Freeze-Protection
also see.. PEX Pipe

FebcoOnline.com/pdf
• Pressure Vacuum Breaker Draining Procedure for Freeze Protection

Preventing Frozen Water Pipes from the Province of Manitoba, Publilcations/Forms
Frost-free Yard Hydrants from Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development

RemodelingMySpace.com
• Prevention, Thawing & Repair of Burst or Frozen Water Pipes


^ ARCHITECTURE
PRE-FAB/PRE-ENGINEERED
American Mastercraft buildings
Double 'S' Cedar Homes Ltd.
Hadrian Tridi-Systems: Tridipanels - "The building system of the new millenium"

Heritage Building Systems: "World's Leading Retailer of Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings"
• homes

Steelbuilding.Com Inc - Design, Price and Buy Steel Buildings Online
Zaidan House products:   Zaidan.com

^ ARCHITECTURE
PRESSURE TREATED WOOD, WOOD PRESERVATION
also see.. Woodworking

Preservative Classification: 1) water-borne, 2) oil-borne, and 3) light organic solvent preservatives (LOSPs). Copper treated wood requires double-galvanized or stainless steel fasteners. The U.S. began mandating the use of non-arsenic containing wood preservatives for virtually all residential use timber in 2004.

American Wood Protection Association (AWPA)
• References and Technical Information
    º Information for Homeowners
• Use Category System: User Specification For Treated Wood (pdf)
• Where to Buy products complying with AWPA Standard U1

from AWPA Standard U1
Category Description
UC1 Interior Dry
UC2 Interior Damp
UC3A Exterior Above Ground, Coated with Rapid Water Runoff
UC3B Exterior Above Ground, Uncoated or Poor Water Runoff
UC4A Ground Contact, General Use
UC4B Ground Contact, Heavy Duty
UC4C Ground Contact, Extreme Duty
UC5A Marine Use, Northern Waters (Salt or Brackish Water)
UC5B Marine Use, Central Waters (Salt or Brackish Water)
UC5C Marine Use, Southern Waters (Salt or Brackish Water)
UCFA Interior Above Ground Fire Protection
UCFB Exterior Above Ground Fire Protection

Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service
• Wood Preservation and related topics Publications - Topics

Pacific Wood Preserving Companies (PWP)
• Product Information
• Technical Information
• Wood Treatments

Peery Bros. Lumber Co., Inc.
• TrewRenue interior or exterior preservative pressure treated lumber

Wikipedia
    º Category:Engineered wood
• Acetylation
• Alkaline Copper Quaternary (ACQ) eliminated major quantities of arsenic & chromium previously contained in CCA Chromated copper arsenate (CCA)
• Creosote toxic
• Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate
• Engineered wood
• Kyan, John Howard (1774-1850) inventor of the kyanising process
• Linseed oil
• Pentachlorophenol (PCP) toxic
• Sodium silicate
• Wood preservation


^ ARCHITECTURE
PRODUCTS & MATERIALS
also see .. §Bolts & Fasteners§, Roofing

Aecportico.co.uk, building material information
ARCAT.com 300,000 pages of Building Products for Architectural and Spec Writing, CAD Details
Allpages.com online yellow pages & business directory: Building Supplies Materials
Amazon.com (see Tools & Hardware
Buildfind.com Portal - Construction applications, materials, products & services
Camden Hire, Australia
ContractorsToolSupply.com
EBuild.com

Fastenal CompanyUse It! Industrial & Construction Supplies
• Cutting Tools, Electrical, Hydraulics and Pneumatics
• Fasteners, Tools and Accessories, Welding Supplies

First Source Exchange Portal - building products & manufacturers, Search
GlobaleArchitect.com Design & Construction Portal

Korit Sales Inc. Concrete, Masonry and Roofing Materials, Equipment, Supplies
• Tap & Drill Chart

Plasti-Tek.com 100% recycled plastic lumber, St. Louis, MO

Rockler.com Woodworking Superstore
SimplifiedBuilding.com fittings, connectors, railings & safety solutions

Singapore Polytechnic, Library: Internet Resources - Construction Materials

StickTrade.comUse It! B2B buy & sell: lumber & wood products, plus equipment & machinery

Southern-Tool.com
Woodworker's Supply Inc.
Virtual-Architect.net

^ ARCHITECTURE
RECYCLE

ReRubber.com recycled tire products: articial turf, crumb rubber, roofing, surface sealants

^ ARCHITECTURE
RESEARCH

Block Research Group (BRG) masonry structures, graphical analysis, design methods, computational form finding & structural design, discrete element assemblies...
• History and overview of fabric formwork (pdf)

Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.) University of Manitoba

^ ARCHITECTURE
RETAINING WALLS, LEANING WALL REPAIRS
also see.. Masonry, Walls

Enfenetee Group Inc. (EGI)Carrollton, TX earth auger anchors

SouthernFloridaFoundationRepair.com
• DSMS Seawall Tieback & Anchoring System

Youtube.com
• Backyard Blitz Part 2 - repairing old concrete garden retaining walls
• Commercial Foundation Repair of a leaning retaining wall
• The Great Leaning Wall
• Lifting Jacking a Retaining Wall in Dunwoody, GA
• OPPD Retaining Walls Stabilized
• skrutyte
    º Fence repair or alignment.avi
    º NO more digging holes and mixing concrete to install posts or poles
    º Qwke Anchor Solutions start at 0:44
• Solutions for Leaning Sea Walls in FL


^ ARCHITECTURE
ROCK
RockProducts.com

^ ARCHITECTURE
ROOFING, MOISTURE PROTECTION & VENTILATION, VAPOR BARRIERS & WATER PROOFING
including below.. Roofing Sales & Mfrs, VIDEOS: Roofing & Roof Ventilation
also see.. Insulation & Thermal Protection, Ventilation

BuildingConservation.com, SiteMap
• Articles
    º Repairs to Lead Sheet Roofings and Flashings by FC Coote
    º Roof Ventilation by Russell Wright
    º Thatched Roofs: An Introduction by Catherine Lewi
    º Thatch in the 21st Century by Clive Fewins

California Energy Commisssion, Energy Efficiency & Demand Analysis Div, Peak Load Reduction Program
• CoolRoofsUse It! Links ( Roofing Industry' ), Sitemap
    º Benefits & Types, Case Studies, Products

Cool Roof Rating Council evaluating & labeling solar reflectance & thermal emittance

DEKS Australia
• Products: Flashings see flexible, self-adhesive, “Fast Flash” under Flashing Rolls/Lead Alternatives

Development Alternatives Group (devalt.org), New Delhi, India, Technology Systems Branch
• EbrochuresUse It! (pdf Downloads)
    º Micro Concrete Roofing Technology
    º Ferrocement Roofing Technology
• Publications

Eagle Roofing integrated solar roofing panels & ventilated roofing tiles
• Solar solutions and energy saving roofing

EnergyStar.gov, Reflective Roof Products
• Articles
• FAQs, (Excel file - Product List

EPA, Heat Island Effect, Glossary
• Strategies

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
• Details for Cyclone Resistant Buildings

Firestone Building Products
• UltraFlash Liquid Flashing

Flying Concrete, Roofs, lightweight concrete
• Barrel Vault Roofs and Ceilings, Low Income Roofs (housing)
• Roof Forming, Underground Wine Cellar, vaulted

Florida Solar Energy Center, Links, SiteMap
• Homes & Buildings, Publications, Walls & Roofs
    º Reflectance Properties of Roofing MaterialsUse It!

Gimme Shelter! an owner-bult home, lightweight Perlite aggregate insulated ferrocement roof
• Joist In Time, Up On The Roof!, Turning The Corner, Visible Means Of Support
• Got The Hoist.., Crazy, ..from the Heat, Aesop's Foibles, Cross Breeze
• Halt to the Vault, Mother of Invention,

Google Search: Ferrocement Roof

Hammerzone.com
• Project Archives: Roofing ProjectsUse It!
    º Patching A Hole In A Roof
    º Replacing Individual Asphalt Roof Shingles

HomeRestorationsMd.com, About, FAQ
• $247 Md Roof Repair do's and don'ts photos, roof jack nailing

Homestead.org, Ferro-cement on the Homestead

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Environmental Energy Technologies Div
• Cool Roofing Materials Database

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Bangladesh:
• Low cost Model House with pre-cast ferro cement roof

National Roofing Contractors Association (NCRA)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Building Envelopes ProgramUse It! (roofs+walls)
• Articles
    º The Best Defense Against Ice Dams: Energy Efficient Roofs
    º Moisture Control in Low-Slope Roofing: A New Design Requirement, Calculator
• Calculators
    º DOE Cool Roof Calculator
    º EPA Roof Savings Calculator
    º Modified Zone Method
    º Moisture Control in Low-Slope Roofing
    º Whole Wall R-value Calculators
• Fact Sheets and Handbooks see Handbooks (pdf): Attic, Builder's Foundation, Moisture Control

Professional Roofing magazine, Search
• from the National Roofing Contractors Association (NCRA)
• Archives

Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA)
• Technical Reference Documents
    º Cold-Applied Adhesives for Modified Bitumen Membrane Roofing
    º Use of Primers Prior to Roof Coating

Roof Consultants Institute

Roof Tile Institute, FAQs
• Technical Information
    º Installation Guides ($)

Single Ply Roofing Institute

Stainless Steel Information Center (SSINA), Glossary, SiteMap
• Galvanic Corrosion
• Designer Handbooks
    º Standard Practice for: Stainless Steel Roofing, Flashing, CopingsUse It! free Handbook

SureCoatSystems.com elastomeric membranes
• Video Archives: Commercial

Tesla: Solar Roofs

Texas Dept Insurance, Windstorm Inspection ProgramUse It! Building Codes & Product Evaluation Index
• Roof Coverings
    º Fiber-Reinforced Cement
    º Metal, Formed Metal Panels
    º Tiles
• Windstorm Inpection Program DownloadsUse It! Guides & Code

ThisOldHouse.com
• Choosing Roofing Materials
• Fixing Damaged Roof Shingles

Traditional-Building.com
• Articles
    º The Traditional Metal Roof
    º Snow-Guard Essentials
• Product Database & Search

Tyvek.com (by Dupont)
• Tyvek® Homewrap
• Product and Technical Manual (pdf), Facts and Figures, What is Tyvek?

WesTile, FAQ, Literature & Installation GuideUse It!

Wikipedia
    º Category:Roofs
    º List of roof shapes
    º List of commercially available roofing material
• Air barrier
• Asphalt shingle
• Bituminous waterproofing
• Cool roof
• Condensation
    º Interstitial condensation
• Cornice
• Damp (structural)
    º #Condensation
    º #Rain Penetration due to defective external rain barriers, plugged weep holes or defective plumbing
    º #Rising damp capillary wicking action through porous materials, typically up to 1.5 metres & rarely to 5m
    º Damp proofing foundation & walls preventing moisture penetration into interior
    º Moisture vapor transmission rate
    º Vertical damp proof barrier
• Dome
• Domestic roof construction
• Dormer
• Flashing (weatherproofing)
• Frieze
• Gable
• Green roof
• Hammer tacker
• Hermetic seal airtight, often implies impervious to air or gas
• Housewrap
• Imbrex and tegula
• Membrane roofing Synthetic Rubber (Thermoset), Thermoplastic Membrane & Modified Bitumen
• Metal roof
    º Hot-dip galvanizing
• Moisture vapor transmission rate
• Parapet
• Pediment
• Permeation
    º Perm (unit)
• Ridge vent
• Roof
• Roof coating
• Roof garden
• Roof pitch
• Roof shingle
• Saw-tooth roof
• Sod roof
• Stone-coated metal roofing
• Tar
• Tensile structure
• Tessellated roof
• Thatching
• Thin-shell structure
• Tile drainage
• Traditional Korean roof construction
• Vapor
    º Vapor barrier
• Ventilation (architecture)
• Vertical damp proof barrier
• Water damage
• Waterproofing
• Weep hole
• Windcatcher
• Zemlyanka

ROOFING & ROOF VENTILATION VIDEOS
Youtube.com
• AjayTheRoofer
    º Roofs R Us:Dormer Repair in Rock Island,Illinois
• AllProRoofingTX
    º Ridge Vent
• AllSurfaceRoofing
    º Roof Repair Involving a Chimney Re-flashing
• AsktheBuilder.com
    º Ice and Water Shield
    º Roof Flashing for Bathroom Fans
• BASF Construction N. America: Roofing
    º BASF Elastomeric Roof Coatings
• Blair Gilbert
    º Insulate roof foam baffles ventilation - Mr. Hardware
• DEKS3153's channel
    º DEKS Fast Flash - Installation - Roof Flashing flexible & self-adhering
• Derek Lyall Videos
    º Re-Felting by Derek Lyall Roofing Services Ltd using hot tar
• Diamond Steel Roofing Systems
    º Detailed top of dormer valley part 1 of 2, part 2
• DIY Roof Repair 101
    º Asphalt Shingles Roofing - Flashing Details
    º Asphalt Shingles Roofing - How to Install Valley
    º Asphalt Shingles Roofing - Proper Shingles Nailing
    º How to Install Asphalt Shingles Roofing
    º How to Replace Roofing Shingles
    º Roof Construction - Framing, Substrate, Underlayment and Shingles
    º Roofing Underlayment - felt, ice and water shield, synthetic
• Firestone Building Products
    º Firestone UltraFlash Installation Video
• Flash Seal
• Free General Contracting Tips
    º Replacing a Damaged Roof Shingle
• GAF Roofing
    º Flashing Installation Tutorial
    º How To Shingle Roof Valleys
    º Installing Monaco Roofing Shingles with weather blocker 1st tier
    º Roof Tips & Tricks: Starter Strip Shingles
    º Tri-Ply Torch Applied
• GraceAPAC
    º Grace Ice & Water Shield Roofing Underlayment
• Grace Construction Products
    º How to use Vycor enV, a fully-adhered Weather Resistive Barrier
• Home Remodel Workshop
    º Hail Damage? Insurance Adjuster Says Yes
    º Roof Repair Tip foam cushion for non-slip safety
• How to Remove Shingles to do a Repair using a Hook Blade Exacto Knife
• How Soffits and Fascia Are Rotted and Ruined
• IKORoof
    º IKO Blueprint for Roofing 5 - Deck Preparation and Roof Repair, 6 - Drip Edges, Eave Protection and Underlayment, 7 - Valley Construction, 8 - All Shingle Application, 12 - Flashings
• John Reese
    º Reese Tips - How to install hip and ridge for three tab asphalt shingles
    º Reese Tips - How to Nail a Laminate Asphalt Shingle
    º Reese Tips - Installing CertainTeed Highland Slate Shingles
• KasselAndIrons' channel
    º Chimney Preparation, Chimney Upslope Flashing
    º Dormer Details - Part 1, Part 2
    º Vent Pipe
• Lomanco Ventilation
    º Lomanco Lo-OmniRidge LOR9-4 Ridge Vent
    º Lomanco LOR-30 Lo-OmniRoll Ridge Vent
    º Lomanco Ridge Vents Smoke House Demo Omni serie, LOR-30, LOR9-4 & OR-4
    º Lomanco Vents Slant Back Roof Vent
    º Lomanco Whirlybird Turbine Vent
• MdRoofingServices.com
    º New Architectural Roof with the EDGE Soffit Vent System
    º Pipe Collar Repair on Roof in Bowie, MD
    º Ridge Vent Repair: Maryland Roofing Contractors Md Geocell tripolymer seal
• Michael Lovett
    º Step-By-Step, Roadmap To Roof Replacement
• MoreCoreRoofing
    º Installing Ridge Vent Part 1
    º Installing Ridge Vent Part 2
• NJRenewableEnergy.com
    º NJ Install of a Super Therm White Roof Initiative cool roof CRRC
• Paul Miller
    º Part 1 - Roof vent install, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
• phaseshiftvideos
    º Air conditioning rooftop install 2 removing existing unit with roof flange support, New unit install
    º Air conditioning rooftop install 4 exising stand removal and supporting roof flange install
    º Air Conditioning unit install rooftop with self supporting roof flange
    º How to Install a Air Conditioning Unit Rooptop with self supporting roof flange
• Putting the Ridge Cap On
• Qualcraft Ladder Hook with Wheel
• Quarrix Building Products by trimlinebuilding
    º EZ Plug Installation Demo | Quarrix Building Products
    º Ridge Vent Installation Demo | Quarrix Rigid Roll
• RiteProductsInc
    º Roof Flashing with Mark Sauder - Part I - Base FlashingUse It! saddle-cricket & step flashing with shingles around chimney, Part II - Counter Flashing
• Rodriguez Roofing Tile Roof Installation

• Roofing Contractor
    º Critical Low-Slope Roofing Details • Roofing Guide - Attic Ventilation Shingle Vent II vs. Roll Vent
• Roof Repair Special
    º Ladder Safety
    º Rooftop Safety
    º Adding a New Vent on Your Roof
    º Adding Overhang to Your Roofs Edge
    º Many Leaks on Roof
    º Pipe Flange Replacment
    º Shingle Replacement
    º Skylight Repair, Part 1
    º Skylight Repair, Part 2
    º Sky Light Repair 2
    º Valley Repair
    º Wall Repair on Roof
    º Washroom Vent Replacement
    º Water Damage, Valley Replace
    º Wind Damage
• Roof Tiles - How they are made and laid
• Shingle and step flash a dormer
• SiplastUS
    º Siplast Membrane Roofing liquid applied Parapro membrane
    º Siplast NVS Lightweight Insulating Concrete System 1:3.5 ratio of Portland cement volume to NVS Concrete Aggregate volume
    º Siplast Plaza Deck Waterproofing - Teranap torch applied
    º Siplast Terapro Waterproofing and Surfacing
• Steps to Proper Roofing Replacement
• Ultimate Ridgehooks safe roof scaffolding
• VincentBattagli Renova Energy Academy
    º Roof Walking Lessons at the Academy tile roofs

ROOFING SALES & MANUFACTURERS
Coatings | Concrete, Clay, Cement | Metal | Solar | Ventilation | Other
COATINGS, ROOF

Energy-Seal.comUse It! (Advanced Coating Systems, Inc.)
• Gallery
• Products, Specifications

Protek-USA.com ceramic reflective insulating coating systems, Links
• Products

Resin Technology Company (RTC) Polyurethane technology
• PERMAX RTC Sprayed Polyurethane Roofing & Insulation Systems
    º Metal Roof Applications

RoofMart International, Inc. coatings, recovery & restoration, Garna-Thane

SouthlandEnviroGreen.com/, Coatings - TPEC low VOC, liquid applied, elastomeric coating

Structural Elastomeric Products, Inc. (elastek.com) elastomeric roof, paint, deck & stucco products
• Roof Coatings, Apply a Roof Coating
• Price List

TechDry.com
• Building Protection: Penetrating Damp, Rising Damp

CONCRETE, CLAY, CEMENT ROOFING

EagleRoofing.com standard weight & lightweight concrete roofing tiles
• Products, Technical Info, Warranty

MackRoofTiles.com, Roof Tile: Cement / Concrete, Clay, Slate

NewDawn-Engineering.com, Products: Roof Tile Maker, hand operated sand-cement ( Price List )

Schundler Company, Construction Uses of Perlite And Vermiculite
• Insulating Roofdecks, Reroofing and Roof Renovation

WesTile, FAQ, Literature & Installation Guide

METAL ROOFING

Amerimax Building Products, Inc., SiteMap
• Rugged Roof Steel Roofing

Atlanta Metal Products

Berridge Manufacturing Company, Links
• Cadd & Installation Details
• Factory Products
• Double-Rib Roof Panel
• Vantage Point reroof flat roof with sloped, light weight, self supporting metal panels needing no substrate

CoolMetalRoofing.com, FAQsUse It!, Links
• Educational Materials

Custom-Bilt Metals, Articles and Useful Links
• Products:
    º Armor hail-resistant stone on steel, lifetime warranty
    º Aluminum m Country Cedar Shakes , Majestic copper, and the Titan

Decra ( AHI Roofing )
• Literature & Support Materials
    º Installation Guide - Shingle (pdf)

Drexel Metals Corporation, Cedar Ridge Steel Shakes, Coils, Flats
• RoofTopGuard roof underlayment, 5-layer low-weight polypropylene & polyethylene

FollansbeeRoofing.com, Links
• TCS II with ZT (zinc/tin) alloy coating, Zinctin.pdf

Galvalume (SteelRoofing.com) - Links
• FAQ
• Good Practices Guide: Installation and Maintenance,
• Technical Papers, Reports and Brochures (pdf file downloads)
• Trade and Technical Information - Galvalume, Pre-painted Galvalume, Product Specifications

Kami Finland, UK, Japan...
• Products

KBS Metal Roofing - FAQ
• Gallery
• Gerard Stone-Coated Metal Roofing Shakes and Tiles ( Installation ), Shingles: Granite Ridge, Guardian
• Synthetic Underlayment
• Product Comparison Chart, Roof Life Cycle

Fabral.com metal wall and roof systems, FAQs, Links
• Residential
• Technical Information & Installation Instructions

metalshingle.com stamped diamond pattern

McElroyMetal.com
• Architectural, Residential
• Products, MaxRib product variations

Owens Corning & Fabricating Solutions metal roofing

Metal Roofing Alliance - Gallery
Reinke Shakes Inc. Aluminum & Copper Shingles, Links
• Energy Efficient, Hail Resistant, Tornado Proof
• Installation: 3 Tab, Shakes

Threadgill Sheetmetal Works, Residential Metal Roofing, Price Estimator, SiteMap
Traditional-Building.com, The Traditional Metal RoofUse It!

US Steel Construction, Building, Metal Roofing, Steel Siding & Purlin manufacturing

SOLAR
also see.. §ENERGY, Solar§, §Energy Efficient Buildings§

American Solar Energy Society events, publications catalog, solarguide, Solar Today magazine

MillionSolarRoofs.com

OkSolar.com, distributor - SiteMap
• Photovoltaic shingles

Sundog energy, UK, renewable energy systems
• Redland PV Tiles

Uni-Solar.com, Roofing Systems FAQ's
• SmartRoofSolar.com by Uni-Solar
    º Shingle & Laminate Solar Systems

ROOF VENTILATION PRODUCTS

Lomanco.com roof ventilators
• Foundation Vents
• Gable Vents
• Intake Vents with calculator
• Metal Roof Ridge Vent Kit for metal roofs
• Ridge Vents
• Static Roof Vents
• Whirlybird

OTHER ROOFING PRODUCTS & SUPPLIERS

ABC Supply largest US wholesale distributor of roofing, plus siding, windows, exterior building products, tools, supplies

EcoShake.com - 100% recycled materials, reinforced vinyl and cellulose fiber shakes FAQ
• 50 year warranty, Class A fire rating, Maintenance-free, UV protected
• Gallery, Specs

GAF Roofing
• Roof Deck Protection (Deck Armor)
    º Deck-Armor Premium Breathable Roof Deck Protection Installation Instructions (pdf)
• Roof Vents & Attic VentilationUse It!
• Shingles
    º Timberline Cool Series Shingles
• Starter Strip Shingles

GeocelUSA.com skypolymer sealants, caulks, adhesives & geobond roof tapes
• Roofing products, including 2300 construction tripolymer sealant

Grace Construction Products
• Roofing Underlayments

RCI-Mercury.com, Fiber-reinforced roofing

RiteProductsInc.com
• Flash-Rite Universal Corner Shingle corner flashing

Sarnafil single-ply welded membranes, SiteMap
• Roofing
    º Green Roofs

Stevens Roofing (TPO, PVC & Hypalon reflective cool roof materials), Links, Search
• Energy Efficient "Green" Roofing
• EP Roofing Membrane, thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO)


^ ARCHITECTURE
SHELLS, THIN SHELLS
also see.. Arches, Concrete Domes, §ENGINEERING (Shells)§, Ferrocement, Vaults

Architen Landrell tensile material architects
Hangai Prize
International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) & IASS Journal

Mark Ketchum's Online Scrapbook, Concrete Shell Page
• Basic concepts, Brief tutorial , Types and Forms
• Cost
• A Failure, Preliminary design, Possibilities
• Programs for shell analysis
• Photo Gallery
• Questions and Comments
• Types and Forms

Rhinovault ETH Zurich Institute of Technology in Architecture, Thrust Network Analysis (TNA) software: create/explore compression-only structures; Introduction
• Download

Shukhov.org: Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov
Vladimir Suchov Russia

Wikipedia
    º Category:Concrete shell structures
    º Category:Thin-shell structures
    º List of thin shell structures
• All-Russia Exhibition 1896
• Candela, Félix
• Concrete shell
• Foster, Norman (architect)
• Eugène Freyssinet
• Fuller, Buckminster
• Geodesic dome
• Gridshell
• Guastavino, Rafael
• Guastavino tile
• Hyperbolic paraboloid a doubly ruled surface
• Hyperboloid a doubly ruled surface
• Hyperboloid structure
• Isler, Heinz
• Nervi, Pier Luigi
• Otto, Frei
• Ruled surface through every point of the surface there is a straight line (2 lines, if doubly ruled) lying on the surface
• Saarinen, Eero
• Shukhov, Vladimir
• Tensile structure
• Thin-shell structure
• Torroja, Eduardo

Wikiquote
    º Category:Architecture
    º Category:Engineering
• Hyperboloid a doubly ruled surface
• Thin-shell structure

Youtube.com
• AA School of Architecture
    º Reimagining Shell Structures - Philippe BlockUse It!
• Amazing Thin Shells Strength from Curvature The Great Courses, Understanding the World's Greatest Sructures
• American Concrete Institute
    º Felix Candela: Strength and Elegance in Structural Engineering by Maria E. Morera Garlock, Princeton U, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering
• ArchitenLandrell
    º Tensile Fabric Architecture: Part 1 - Materials & Forms, 2 - Benefits, 3 - Practicalities, 4 - Process
• Forces Frozen: Structures made from frozen fabrics (MIT)
• Form Concrete, Establishing Common Ground by Amanda Burke Missouri State Historic Preservation Office
• Instituto Torroja TV
    º Biografía Eduardo Torroja parte 1, 2
• nptelhrd
    º Lecture-40-Circular Prestressing,Conclusion
• Pier Luigi Nervi, Architetture per lo sport di Virginia Zullo
• Pletka Orsika
    º Prestressing circular structures_Freyssinet
• Princeton Engineering
    º Felix Candela: An interview with Maria Garlock
• Prof John Chilton The work of Heinz Isler U Westminster
• Simposio Félix Candela: ayer, hoy y mañana · Félix Candela: el constructor prodigioso Facultad de Arquitectura UNAM (en español)


^ ARCHITECTURE
SKYSCRAPERS

Skyscraperpage.com, Faq, Sitemap
• Cities, Forum, Gallery

Skyscrapers.com 5,000 cities worldwide

^ ARCHITECTURE
SOFTWARE
also see.. §CADCAM§, §Energy Efficiency§, §HVAC§, §Lighting Design§ §Solar Energy§

ALL-TEMP Energy Software - LoadCalc Plus, Free Windows heating/cooling load calculation software
• size furnaces, central air, evaporative coolers, boilers & refrigeration loads

Applied-Synergetics.com
• DomeUse It! free GNU Open Source coordinate generating software, FAQ, ReadMe
•aome Software Image Galleries - VRML, Ray-trace
• Open Source Software

auto•aes•ays inc. ($) - formZ 3D form synthesizer - Demo Download
• Forum ( House Rules )
• Gallery

BEESUse It! (Windows) free life cycle assessment / costing, ( more )
• from Office of Applied Economics, Building and Fire Research Lab, U.S. NIST

Building Design Advisor (Windows) free 30 Mb download: energy, daylighting & other analyses
•from the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Edward F. Sowell - SPARK (Windows) modeling complex building envelopes & HVAC systems

Energy Design Tools free Windows compatible Software by Professor Murray Milne, UCLA
• whole building simulation, energy eff & climate responsive design, energy costs, indoor air temp
• OPAQUE - wall or roof sections U-value, Time Lag, Decrement Factor, Plots temp drop through section
• Solar 2 - Plots sunlight penetrating window with combination of rectangular fins & overhangs
• Solar-5 (Windows) preliminary design tool for heat flow in thermal mass, indoor air temp, daylighting, HVAC output, electricity & heating fuel cost, air pollution
• Tecnical Papers
EDT SOFTWARE DESCRIPTIONS FROM EERE:

EnergyPlus free (non-GUI) building simulation software: heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating..
•aocumentation (pdf)- GettingStarted, Input Output, Output Details and Examples, Engineering Ref
• FAQ

Fishbaugher and Associates software for Download
• ASEAM (PC) retrofit energy savings, parametric optimization, Installation, ReadMe, ( more )

Free Structural Eng Analysis Software Herbert G. Whitman, PE
HEED: Home Energy Efficient Design free Download from UCLA

Home Energy Saver Online Residential Energy Audit Tool, Search
• FAQ
• Glossary - HVAC, Insulation, Lighting, Window Efficiency
• Library - Codes & Standards, Financing & Ratings, Products, Software,

Laboratório de Sistemas Térmicos (Portuguese) UMIDAS Translation from BablFish AltaVista's Babel Fish
• UMIDAS moisture calc, latent & sensible conduction loads, building envelope heat & mass transfer ( more )

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB (lbl.gov)

lbl.gov) Environmental Energy Technologies Div ( Links )
• Building Technologies Dept
    º Commercial Building Systems: Building Design Advisor (BDA) software, Download
    º Interoperability
    º Software

lbl.gov) Simulation Research Group Free Software:
• Visual SPARK (Windows, Sun Unix, Linux, HP) modeling complex building envelopes & HVAC systems
• EnergyPlus (non-GUI) building energy simulation program

Procore.com ($) online project management: RFI's, communications, daily log, archive your documents & photos...
Pronamics Expert Estimation ($) software for Project Management & Construction

SolArchUse It! (Windows) Passive Solar Architecture Design shareware, data for UK & Ireland
• ReadMe ( Intro )
• Introduction to Passive Solar Energy Tutorial download

Square OneUse It! (Squ1.com) resource for energy efficient design of buildings, About, SiteMap
• Freeware
    º Location Tool searchable database of world cities & towns, by latititude, longitude, name
    º Radiance Control Panel for Lawrence Livermore's free Radiance Lighting Design software
    º Conversion Tool multiple, simultaneous conversions, customisable data file, define complex formulas
    º Equation Tool plot 2-D equations, configurable, click-select for values of any point

U.S. DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - Software <= see Free Software Icons:
•aistings: Use It! Alphabetical, by Platform, by Country


^ ARCHITECTURE
SOIL CEMENT & RAMMED EARTH
also see.. Concrete

Google Search
• soil cement

Google Videos: soil cement
Habitech-International.com Habitech Building System producing compressed soil cement blocks

Hydraform.com manufacture of automatic hydraulic compressed earth block (CEB) machines, Johannesburg, South Africa
• YouTube Videos

Innovation in Cement Stabilization of Airfield Subgrades Imran M. Syed, Ph.D.

Portland Cement Association, Pavements
• Field Investigation: Pre-Cracking of Soil-Cement Bases to Reduce Reflection Cracking Tom Scullion, P.E.
• Roller-Compacted Concrete
• Soil-Cement, FAQs
• PCA Soil Primer 1992
• Soil-Cement Construction Handbook 1995
• Soil-Cement Laboratory Handbook 1992

Rhewum.com screening/seiving machines

US Army Corps of Engineers, Publications: Engineer Manuals
• Bearing Capacity of Soils
• Borrow pit (or Borrow)
• Laboratory Soils Testing
• Soil Stabilization for Pavements - Mobilization Construction

Wikipedia
• Earthworks (engineering)
• Geosynthetic polymeric materials for separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage & containment
• Geotechnical engineering
• Geotechnical investigation
• Geotechnics
• Geotextile permeable polypropylene or polyester fabrics that separate, filter, reinforce, protect or drain
• Pedology (soil study)
• Porewater pressure
• Sieve analysis
• Slope stability
• Soil cement
• Soil classification
    º Unified Soil Classification System
• Soil gradation
    º Atterberg limits
• Soil liquefaction
• Soil mechanics
    º Clay
    º Gravel
    º Sand
    º Silt
• Soil science

YouTube
• *NEXT* Rammed Earth House Part 1
• Rammed Earth
• rammed earth 1
• Rammed Earth with David Suzuki
• Rammed Earth Eco-Shed
• Rammed Earth Home-1


^ ARCHITECTURE
SOIL MECHANICS
also see.. Earth Construction, Underground Construction

Wikipedia
    º Category:Soil mechanics
• Angle of repose
• Bearing capacity
• Cohesion (geology)
• Consolidation (soil)
• Critical state soil mechanics
• Drucker-Prager yield criterion
• Dry quicksand
• Effective stress
• Expansive clay
• Lateral earth pressure
• Newmark's sliding block
• Overburden pressure
• Quick clay
• Quicksand
• Resonant column test
• Reynolds' dilatancy
• Sarma method
• Shear strength (soil)
• Shear strength test
• Slope stability
• Soil liquefaction
• Soil mechanics
• Soil nailing
• Terzaghi's Principle
• Thixotropy
• Vibro stone column
• Void ratio
• Water content


^ ARCHITECTURE
SPACE STRUCTURES
also see.. Domes

Buckminster Fuller Institute - Beyond the Cube, The Architecture of Space Frames and Polyhedra
Buckminster Fuller Virtual Institute - Beyond the Cube

International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures (IASS) - Journal, Symposia
• Working Groups - Spatial Wood Structures

International Journal of Space Structures ($) order archive on CD-Rom from Multi-Science.co.uk

U Nottingham, John Chilton - Structural Morphology: Towards the New Millennium
• Spatial Wood Structures


^ ARCHITECTURE
STEEL STRUCTURES

Seshu Madhava Rao Adluri
• Engineering: 7704 Design of Steel Structures
    º Strucural Steel Design: Composite Beams (pdf)


^ ARCHITECTURE
SUSTAINABLE (GREEN) ARCHITECTURE
also see.. Affordable Housing, Earth Construction, Evolutionary, Ferrocement, Owner-Builder, Software,
§Energy, Buildings§, §Energy Efficiency§, §Rainwater Harvesting§, §Renewable Energy§, §Solar Energy§, Video

301Monroe.com when geeks build green Blog

2012 International Straw Builder's Conference Estes Park, CO from the Colorado Straw Bale Association
Adobe Alliance - Design inlcludes adobe domes & roofs

AIA Colorado - Sustainable Design Resource Guide (Use It! home) - Glossary, Additional Resources
• Concrete, Masonry, Metals, Wood & Plastics
• Doors & Windows, Finishes, Thermal & Moisture Protection - Insulation types
• Electrical, Mechanical
• Additional Resources - Databases, Organizations, Software
• Special Construcition - Solar & Wind Energy

Amicus Green Building Center, products, resources & expert support
ArcheVita.com - Forum ( Archive Jul-97 to Jan-00; Search Feb-00... )

Architecture 2030Use It! Ed Mazria's plan to end America's energy dependence through optimized building design and efficiencies

Architecture for HumanityUse It!

Arcosanti hyperbuilding, organics, workshops

ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute Links, Web Search
• Publications, Research Reports ($) list only

Backwoods Home Magazine practical self-reliant living, Forum, Links
Buckminster Fuller Institute design science education

Builders Without Borders emphasizing strawbale construction, About, Contact, Links
• Publications

Building Design Advisor free Windows software (30 Mb download) energy, daylighting and other analyses
•from the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Building Energy Modelling and Simulation Self-Learning Modules using ESP-r free Open Source software
• Energy Links
• Glossary
• Introduction & Case Studies
• ESP-r Training
• Theory - Building structure, Convection, Electrical Energy, Radiation..

BuildingGreen.com or "Environmental Building News" - Links, SiteMap
• Archives
• News
• What Is Green Building? - Checklist, Cost, Materials, Priorities

California Straw Building Association - FAQ, Links, SiteMap
• Historic Straw-bale Structures
• Technical Information - Keeping Your Bales Dry, Test Results of an SB Vault System

Center for Desert Architecture - Ben - Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Links
• Publications Building Product Design

CityFarmer.org, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture, Rain Barrels article with Links
CobCrew Home Page earth building and landscaping with Texas Native Plants
Cob & Natural Building Links: Lost Valley Education Centre, Dexter, OR
Cob Cottage Company cob structures research & information

Colorado Straw Bale Association (COSBA)

Communications for a Sustainable Future, Links
• Architecture and Community

CurvedSurfaces.com Aleksandra Kasuba, artist: shell houses in a mountain desert in New Mexico
• Bio, History, Imagining the Future
• Finishes, Arches, Doors, Floor and Ceiling Plans
• Hardened Membrane Walls, Shells, Tubular Structures, Minimal Surfaces

The Desert House:   Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona: The Desert House
DesignBuildLive.org

Development Alternatives Group (devalt.org), New Delhi, India, Technology Systems Branch
• EbrochuresUse It!" (pdf Downloads)
    º Compressed Earth Blocks, Concrete Block Technology, Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK)
    º Ferrocement Roofing Technology, Micro Concrete Roofing Technology
    º Selection & Upgradation of Technologies in Rural Areas (SUTRA)
• Publications

Develoment Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) resources & LinksUse It!  Tucson, AZ

dmoz Open DirectoryUse It! Sustainability at Science: Environment

Earth Architecture Center International, Ltd.: Adobe Education
Earthfriendly and Self-Sufficient Architecture, Search, from U Colorado, x
Earthship - Gallery, Links
Earthship Global Website (earthship.org) Construction, Power, Water; Taos, NM
Eco-Home Network sustainable living, eco-home construction resources, bookstore
EcoIQ Sustainable Communties, Businesses, & Households
Eco-Living.net, Resource Database, ShelterUse It! Links
Ecological Building Network (EBNet)
ECOTOPIA design strategy
Electronic Tools for Community Sustainability: Profiles Links

Eliphante organic architecture and art, Sodona, AZ - About, SiteMap
• HippoDome tour

Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA), Links, Search, SiteMap
• Bookstore
• Building Technology
    º Goals, Objectives and Criteria for energy and resource efficient buildings
• Magazine Articles by Steve Andrews

ESP-r Open Source software (Unix, Solaris, Linux) building performance modeling: thermal, visual, acoustic
• Download
• Glossary, General Glossary of Terms relating to Modelling and Simulation for Environmental Engineering
• Publications

FairCompanies.com (Ads!)

The Fly Ash Resource Center Home Page (at Geocities.com), Pozzolan

Friends of Kebyar & Organic Architecture - Links
• Journal Archives

Google Search
• earth cool pipe OR tube

Google Web DirectoryUse It! Sustainable Development at Society: Issues: Environment

Government of Western Australia, Sustainability Policy Unit: Information & Links

GreenBuilder.com - Building Sources Use It! Sustainable Building Sourcebook
• International Straw Bale Building Registry
• Passive Solar Guidelines

Green Builder Program Sustainable Building Sourcebook & Program, Austin, TX

Green Building Information Centre Information, Links & Software
•from the Green Building Information Council Canada

GreenEngineer.com:   Shopping List of Green Ideas

Green Guide for Healthcare Facilities

GreenHomeBuilding.comUse It! excellent articles with links, SiteMap
• Adobe, Cast Earth, Earthbag, Rammed Earth
• Building Components product guide/links
• Cob, Cordwood, Strawbale
• EarthShip
• Hybrids
• Lightweight Concrete, PaperCrete
• Post/Shoring/Polyethylene (PSP)
• Rock

Greening Federal Facilities guide in reducing energy consumption & costs
Greywater Research Jon Hoang Van Ma
Groundworks cob structures, efficiency, solar, cooling
Harmony's Home Page (oocities.org Ads) Links
HealthyBuilding.net/ news, newsletter
HomeEnergy.org - Archive (anl.gov - 2)
Homestead.org - Vernacular Architecture
Hubbell and Hubbell - Links
Integrative Design Collaborative

International Code Council (ICC) $
• International Green Construction Code, Forum
    º $ Pubications and Technical Information
    º Public Comments free downloads

Irish Eco-Builders Website, Links ( Self Builders )
• Projects, Strawbale, Timber

Jan's COB and Natural Building Site COB building, articles, courses & events, Links
KasubaWorks.com Aleksandra Kasuba, artist
Knowledge.com Portal: sustainable architecture

The Last Straw international quarterly journal of straw bale & natural building
• CD ROM order form, Issues 1-40 (1993-2003) email to: thelaststraw@thelaststraw.org

The Living Building: World and I Magazine

M.I.T., Sustainable Urban Housing in China - Links
• China
• Natural Ventilation and Outdoor Comfort

Mother Earth News

Murdoch U, Institute for Environmental Science, Environmental Technology Centre
• ETC Photo-Tour 01, 02
• WAALITJ Building Sustainable Features

Natural Building Convergence, Portland Oregon
Natural Building Network
Natural Building Resources: zianet.com
Natural-building-school.eu

theNaturalHome.com - Links, SiteMap
• do-it-yourself house plans, photos & descriptions, with commercial appliances & product sales

NetWorks Productions
NewDawn-Engineering.com, Products, Price List
NextAid Africa
Open Architecture NetworkUse It!
PAKSBAB Pakistan Straw Bale & Appropriate Building

Pattern Language ($), Christopher Alexander ( 2, 3 )
• Archives
• Patterns

Permaculture Magazine, UK - SiteMap
• Articles - Earthship Huts - Recycled Modular Buildings, Building With Straw Bales
• Book & Product List, Book Subject Categories
• DesignBites

PotKettleBlack.com, Natural / Alternative Building Photo Gallery

Rammed Earth The Australian Connection, questions, photos, links
Rural Design and Building Association, Coutryside Building journal archive
Renewable Energy & Green Building: ibiblio.org Collection Index & Search

Residential Environmental Design and Sustainable Architecture - Search
• Articles, Book Reviews, Product Reviews - 21st Cent Green Architecture
•(cont'd).. Bamboo faq, Bamboo article, Plyboo & Intl' Wood Products
•(cont'd).. Decking: Synthetic/Recycled, Recycled Synthetic Decking
•(cont'd).. Flooring: Cork & Recycled Glass
•(cont'd).. Roofing: Environmental, Eco-Shake, Uni-Solar, & Supradur
• FAQ's - Alternative Building Materials, Construction Methods
•(cont'd).. Glossary, Green Facts, My House, Renewable Energy Resources

Rocky Mountain Institute (rmi.org)
• Built Environment
• Library

Rocky Mountain Survival Group Links - Contents

Scott & Janis Derrick: Earthship voyage
• Embark, Tires, Bond Beam, Adobe, Idiot Truss, Front Wall, Roof
• Cisterns, Greenhouse, Utility Room, Mud Room, Office Dome, Utilities

Shelter Publications Inc. articles, books

Straw Bale Home Construction with Links, El Pase Solar Energy Assoc
Sustainainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) analysis tools, education, professional training
Sustainable Building Source Book: GreenBuilder.com
Sustainable Energy Authority - Links, Search, Site Map (Victorian Government, Australia)

SustainableSources.com “19 years of online Green Building information”
• Building Materials
• Energy
• Recycle and Composting
• Resources
• Water

Ted TalksUse It!
• Search: Architecture, Building Wonder, Open Architecture
• Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the people
• Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
• Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
• Cameron Sinclair: My wish: A call for open-source architecture
• Doris Kim Sung: Metal that breathes
• Joshua Prince-Ramus: Behind the design of Seattle's library (team architecture & compartementalized flexibility)
• Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture
• Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture
• Shigeru Ban: Emergency shelters made from paper
• Sustainability by design Playlist (12 talks)
    º Mitchell Joachim: Don't build your home, grow it!
• William McDonough: Cradle to cradle design

ThinkCycle Forum distributed open-source design innovation & collaboration for underserved communities & the environment

Toolbase.orgUse It! Homebuilding Industry Technical Resource, codes & regulations, technology inventory

Tsui Design & Research Inc., Eugene Tsui
• Gallery: Ecological Future House, Self-Sufficient House, Tsui House, Watsu School
• Publications, Speeches, Writings

U Dundee, School of Town & Regional Planning
• Conservation Glossary
• Links - Europe, North America, UK
• Publications - Indicators of Sustainable Development

United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Use It! Links
• Articles, Guidelines, Initiatives & Regulations, Magazine Archive, Publications & Resources

UrbanRevision.com

US DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Use It! Building Technologies Program
• Building Toolbox

U.S. DOE, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Smart Communities Network
• Green Builder Program
• Links - Associations & Guidelines
• Principles
• Software

WashingtonPost.com, chapter 1 from.. Eco-Pioneers, Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems

Wikipedia: Sustainable architecture
    º Category:Building engineering
    º Category:Building materials
    º Category:Cooling technology
    º Category:Energy conservation
    º Category:Glass coating and surface modification
    º Category:Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
    º Category:Low-energy building
    º Category:Natural materials
    º Category:Soil
    º Category:Solar architecture
    º Category:Sustainable building
    º Category:Windows
    º Glossary of HVAC
    º History of passive solar building design
    º List of low-energy building techniques
    º List of pioneering solar buildings
    º World energy resources and consumption
• Absorption refrigerator
• Air Filters
    º Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value MERV Rating
• Air-source heat pump
• Annualized geo solar long term earth based heat storage & cooling
• Associations
    º Architecture 2030 lowering Building Sector demand for energy & materials producing greenhouse gases, Edward Mazria
    º Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDS) green building certification system
    º United States Green Building Council
• Autonomous building operated independently of support services
• Biosphere 2 originally an artificial, materially-closed ecological system
• Building Management System (BMS)
• Chimney
• Cogeneration
• Convection
• Cool roof
• Double envelope house
• Double-skin facade air flow between glass skins
• Dropped ceiling
• Earth based Heating & Cooling
    º Downhole heat exchanger
    º Geothermal heat pump
    º Ground-coupled heat exchanger
• Earth house
    º Adobe
    º Cast earth
    º Compressed earth block
    º Earthbag construction
    º Mudbrick
    º Rammed Earth
    º Superadobe
• Earth sheltering
• Energy-plus building
• Energy-plus-house
• Evaporative cooler
• Greenhouse
    º Bioshelter
    º Cold frame
    º The Eden Project
    º High tunnel
• Green building
• Heat exchanger
• Heating degree day
• Heat recovery ventilation
    º Energy recovery ventilation
• Heat transfer
• Home energy rating
• House
• House-building
• House Energy Rating
• Insulation
    º Building insulation
• Kiln
• Lighting
    º Daylight harvesting
    º Light tube
    º Over-illumination wasteful lighting
• Low-carbon building
• Low-energy house
• Microgeneration zero or low-carbon heat & power by individuals, small businesses & communities
• Natural building
• Natural ventilation
• Off-the-grid
• Passive cooling
• Passive house
• Passive solar
• Passive solar building design
• Photovoltaics
    º Building-integrated renewable energy
• PlusEnergy positive energy balance structure
• Radiant heating
    º Underfloor heating
• Raised floor
• Rate of return (ROR) or return on investment (ROI)
• Renewable heat
• Roofing
    º Cool roof
    º Green roof
    º Tessellated roof geodesic-like
• Seasonal thermal store
• Soil cement
• Solar air heat
• Solar chimney
• Solar water heating
• Storage tank
• Straw-bale construction
• Superinsulation
• Sustainable architecture
• Sustainable design
• Sustainable development
• Thermal Comfort
• Thermal energy storage
• Thermal mass
• Thermosyphon pumpless liquid circulation with passive heat exchange based on natural convection
• Trombe wall
• Underfloor heating
• Underground home
• Underground living
• Vertical farming
• Water heat recycling
• Weatherization
• Windcatcher
• Windows
    º Insulated glazing
• Wind turbine
• Zero energy building

WiserEarth.org Social Network for Sustainability
World Hands Project
WWW Virtual Library: Environment, Sustainable Development
Yahoo! - Construction, Earth Houses, Straw Bale Construction, Sustainable Development
Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Warren, VT - Links, SiteMap

Youtube.com
• Cornwall Attractions: Eden Project

Zenzibar.com Alternative Culture Directory - Unusual Architecture

NEWSGROUPS
^ ARCHITECTURE
TELEVISION PROGRAMMING & VIDEO
PBS.org
• Building Big
    º Glossary
• Hometime
    º Glossary
• This Old House & Ask This Old House

HGTV (Home & Garden Channel) - Exteme Homes

Ted TalksUse It!
• Search: Architecture, Building Wonder, Open Architecture
• Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the people
• Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
• Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
• Cameron Sinclair: My wish: A call for open-source architecture
• Doris Kim Sung: Metal that breathes
• Joshua Prince-Ramus: Behind the design of Seattle's library (team architecture & compartementalized flexibility)
• Magnus Larsson: Turning dunes into architecture
• Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture
• Shigeru Ban: Emergency shelters made from paper
• Sustainability by design Playlist (12 talks)
    º Mitchell Joachim: Don't build your home, grow it!
• William McDonough: Cradle to cradle design

ThisOldHouse.com as seen on PBS
• Ask This Old House TV

Youtube.com
• Cornwall Attractions: Eden Project
• Earthship Aquaponics 2015, by Tommy D. in Taos, NM
• Exploring Alternatives
    º Super Efficient Off-Grid Earthship Built for Early Retirement Plan in Taos, NM
• Kirsten Dirksen
    º Family wraps home in greenhouse to warm up Stockholm weather


^ ARCHITECTURE
TENSILE STRUCTURES

Wikipedia
• Tensile structure


^ ARCHITECTURE
TERMITES, CARPENTER ANTS, STRUCTURAL PESTS & DAMAGE
also see.. §Entomology (BIOLOGY)§, Mold Control

AntWeb.org

Dr Don's Termite Pages Help with all aspects of termites
• Termite Glossary

Gardening in Western Washington
• Carpenter Ants
• Carpenter Ants: Their Biology And Control

New Mexico Department of Agriculture
• So your home has termites?

Structural Pest Control Pesticide Safety Manual from government of New Brunswick, Canada

TermidorHome.com professional termite defense produc

U California Integrated Pest Management Program
• Carpenter Ants
• Termites
    º Drywood Termites

U Kentucky, College of Agriculture
• Ant Control for Homeowners
• Carpenter Ants
• Do-it-yourself Termite Baits: Do They Work?
• Firewood Insects
• Protecting Your Home Against Termites
• Termite Baits: A Guide for Homeowners
• Termite Control: Answers for Homeowners

U Nebraska-Lincoln: Publications
• Termites (html)
• Termites (pdf)

Urban Integrated Pest Management a guide for commercial applicators, from the US EPA (see pages 46-59)

US Environmental Protection Agency EPA
• Termites: How to Identify and Control Them

Wikipedia
    º Category:Termites
• Carpenter ant
• Termite pre-treatment
• Termites

Youtube.com
• HICarolina
    º Charlotte Home Inspector Finds Old House Bores on Inspection series of inspections (fungi, termites, ) will play
• How to Carpenter Ants - killing house nest (using Terro Borax bait) Mr. Hardware


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TRIDIPANEL
HumbleWood.com - Contruction

^ ARCHITECTURE
VENTILATION
also see.. §HVAC§, Roofing (installing ventilation in)

Wikipedia
    º Category:Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
    º Category:Ventilation
• Economizer
• Heat recovery ventilation
• Infiltration (HVAC)
• Mixed Mode Ventilation
• Natural ventilation
• Passive cooling
• Room air distribution
• Sick building syndrome
• Solar air conditioning
• Solar chimney
• Solar updraft tower
• Stack effect
• Thermal comfort
• Ventilation (architecture)
• Windcatcher


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WALLS
also see.. Leaning Walls, Masonry, Tile, Vapor Barrier

Wikipedia
    º Category:Structural system
    º Category:Wallcoverings
    º Category:Walls
    º List of walls
• Cavity wall
• Cement board
• Drywall
• Fence
• Load-bearing wall
• NIST stone test wall
• Panelling
• Plaster
• Portable partitions
• Retaining wall
• Separation barrier
• Shear wall
• Sleeper wall
• Slurry wall
• Stone wall
• Stucco
• Tile
• Tilt up (Tilt wall)
• Wall
• Wallpaper
    º Wallpaper paste
• Wall plate
• Wall stud
• Zellige


^ ARCHITECTURE
WATER HEATERS
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE): Solar
• Solar Water Heaters

Toolbase.org: Tankless Water Heaters

^ ARCHITECTURE
WINDSTORM CONSTRUCTION
Texas Dept Insurance, Windstorm Inspection Program Building Codes, Construction Guides
• Product Evaluation Index
• DownloadsUse It! Guides & Code


^ ARCHITECTURE
WOODBURNING STOVES, OVENS, FIREPLACES
also see.. Radiant Heat, §HVAC§, §Fire§, §Foundry, Forge (METALS)§ §Kiln (ART)§, §Thermodynamics (ENGINEERING)§, §History of Thermodynamics§, Wood

AmericanMetalProducts.com, Chimney Products:
• Amerivent, (pdf) Installation & Maintenance Instructions

The Brick Oven Project

Chesapeake, VA, Inspections Dept, (pdf) Guidelines for Installation and Operation of Fireplaces

Chimney Safety Institute of America
• Chimney fire Causes and Cures

Chimneys.com - Use It! Burning Secrets, online book
• Chapter 6: Woodstove Problems

HearthCook.com “see Cooking apparatus”
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association - Glossary, Safety, Venting

HearthNet - Links
• Forum
• Information - FAQ, hard-to-find Parts, Q&A Database Search

JenningsHeating.com, SiteMap
• Chimney Pipe 25 Year Warranty St Steel, Class A, Pricing: 6", 8"

Magic-Sweep.com - Homeowner's Guide To Chimneys, Fireplaces And Woodstoves - online book
• Contents, Intro

Masonry Heater AssociationUse It! heat from short hot fire stored in thermal mass - Links
• Definitions - MHA, ASTM
• Library
• News

Metal-Fab Inc. residential and commercial chimney systems
• Residential
    º Temp Guard 2100º Chimney 10 yr Warranty, (pdf) Installation Instructions, Typical Installations
• Commercial

National Chimney Sweeps Guild - Chimney Component Suppliers and Manufacturers
North American Supaflu Systems, Inc. information on Cast-In-Place chimney liners for masonry chimneys
OvenCrafters.net ($) plans

Pellet Fuels Institute
• About Pellet Fuel, Pellet Stoves

Purdue U, Purdue Extension, Residential Wood Stove InstallationUse It!
Rumford.com Rumford fireplace design information

Simpson Dura-Vent, Hearth Products, Dura/Plus Chimney Systems

Vitcas.com refractory products
• Refractory bricks/fire bricks, insulation fire bricks

Wikipedia
    º Category:Chimneys
    º Category:Earth oven
    º Category:Fireplaces
    º Category:Kilns
    º History of heat
• Air-tight stove
• Barbecue
• Beehive ovens
    º Dunlap Coke Ovens
• Benjamin Thompson Count Rumford (1753-1814) invented Rumford Fireplace
• Brazier
• Campfire
    º Fire ring
• Chimenea
• Chimney
    º Chimney breast
    º Chimney fire
    º Chimney sweep
    º Cowl (chimney)
    º Fire brick
    º List of tallest chimneys in the world
• Clome oven
• Components
    º Chimney (see Chimney)
    º Flue
    º Hearth (see Hearth)
• Earth oven
• Fire
    º Fire piston
    º Making fire
• Firebox (steam engine)
    º Fire brick
• Fire pit
• Fireplace
    º Electric fireplace
    º Fireplace insert
    º Fireplace fireback
    º Fireplace mantel
• Fire pot
• First fire
• Flue
• Franklin stove
• Furnace
• Hearth
    º Hob (hearth)
• Kiln
• Masonry heater
• Masonry oven
• Oil burner
• Oven
• Outdoor fireplace
• Open hearth furnace
• Portable stove
• Potbelly stove
    º Refractory material retaining strength at high temperatures
• Rocket mass heater
• Rocket stove
• Rumford fireplace see Benjamin Thompson
• Russian oven
• Smudge pot
• Vented gas heater
• Wood-fired oven
• Tandoor
• Tabun oven
• Kamado
• Irori
• Horno

WoodHeat.org
• All about chimneys, Selecting and Locating a Chimney


^ ARCHITECTURE
WOOD, WOODWORKING, CARPENTRY, LUMBER
including... FAQS, FIND, Forums, NewsGroups, Vendors
also see... Cabinets, §Paint, Pigment, Stains§, Treated Wood, Woodburning

10 Rules for Finish CarpentryUse It! Fine Homebuilding

101 Woodworking Tips & TechniquesUse It! from Woodsmith, ShopNotes & Workbench magazines

Allan's Wood Miser's Workshop stretch your budget & skills: books, tools, tips, techniques...
build a banjo from Song of the Great Lakes Woodworking Studio
AmericanRouter.com ($) magazine

APA - The Engineered Wood Association (formerly the American Plywood Association)
• APA CAD (apacad.org) 100's of CAD drawings
• Online Library of ResourcesUse It!
• Wood University (wooduniversity.org)

Badger Pond Woodworking and Jesada Router Bits articles, biographies, Forums, Links, mall, Search
Cowtown Eric's Carpentry-centric Web Page brace chucks, Laminates, Robertson screwdrivers

DryadStudios.com - About, History, Philosophy
• Fine Arts and Crafts Furniture
• Shop Tour

FDM Home Page Woodworking Technology and Materials, books, Forum, News, products
Fine Woodworking magazine: "Knots" forum, software...
ForestIndustry.com associations, logging, lumber & wood products & processing, News, suppliers
InternetWoodworking.com
Lars Kirmser's Music Trader especially for Musical Instrument Makers & Repair Technicians
MacDuff Woodworking Page jimmy jigs, Links, plans, projects, safety, tips, tools
Minwax Wood Finishing Sourcebook
Museum of Woodworking Tools
The Musical Instrument Makers Forum interactive forum, FAQ, Links
Old Woodworking Tools: Falcon-Wood
Popular Woodworking Magazine articles, book club, plans, search, tool reviews...
Refinishing and Woodworking Tips Refinish.com
Sal Marino's Woodworking Page
Sawdust Making 101 toolbox, plans, projects, tips, work area
Solutions and Tips patching wood floors: American Tool Companies Inc.
Stripping Paint from Wood The Center For Emissions Control
T Mallon Woodworker (oocities.org Ads) woodworking tutorials on box design & layout US Forest Products Laboratory, Publications
• Wood handbook--Wood as an engineering materialUse It!

Wikipedia
    º Category:Engineered wood
    º Category:Furniture
    º Category:Timber industry
    º Category:Timber preparation
    º Category:Timber seasoning
    º Category:Wood
    º Category:Woodworking techniques
    º Category:Woodworking tools
    º Glossary of woodworking
    º List of woods
• Bending
    º Heat bending of wood
    º Steam bending
• Cabinet making
• Carpentry also see Woodworking
    º Batten
    º Japanese carpentry
    º Millwork
    º Molding (decorative)
    º Panelling
    º Timber framing
    º Toenailing
• Fire hardening removing moisture by slowly, lightly charring
• Framing (construction)
    º Timber framing
• Frameless construction
• Joiner
• Jointing (sharpening)
• Log cabin
• Lumber
    º Quartersawn
    º Tongue and groove
• Sawmill
    º Rift sawing
    º Quarter sawing
    º Saw
• Tools
    º Adze
    º Bandsaw
    º Biscuit joiner
    º Chisel
    º Circular saw
    º Compass (architecture)
    º Coping saw
    º Drawknife
    º Drill
    º Fretsaw
    º Jointer
    º Lathe
    º Mitre box
    º Miter saw
    º Nail (fastener)
    º Plane (tool)
    º Rasp
    º Saw
    º Sawhorse
    º Veneer saw
• Wheelwright
• Wood
    º Engineered wood
    º Green wood
    º Hardwood
    º Softwood
    º Wood grain
    º Wood veneer
• Wood art
• Wood drying
• Wood finishing
    º Paint
    º Varnish
    º Wood stain
• Wood preservation pressure treated wood
• Wood production
• Wood processing
• Wood warping
• Woodworking
    º Hewing
    º Wood stain
    º Woodworking joints
    º Woodworking safety
    º Woodturning

WomenInWoodworking.com, Forum, Links
• Tips

WoodBin.com articles, books, calculators, freebies, Links, Search, Software, supplies
Wood Characteristics: WoodBin.com

The Woodchuck CanuckUse It! chat, Links, News, plans, reviews, Search

Welcome to Wooders(.com) articles, books, News, Links, woodworkers
WOOD Magazine forum, software
Wood Promotion Network wood product companies, "be constructive," About, Search
Woodsmith: woodworking how-to, downloadable plans, tips, techniques
Woodweb
Wood Magazine (Wood Online) forum, shopping, software, subscriptions
The Woodworker's Bulletin Board
Woodworkers Web Ring
The Woodworking Centre of Ontario associations, courses, galleries, Links
Woodworking.com articles, catalog, companies, Links
WoodworkingPro.com: Search companies & products
The Woodworking Times tips, shopping
Woodworking Tips, Tricks, and Jigs: WoodZone.com
WoodZone.com articles, glossary, Links, store, tips, tools, wood properties

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FAQ's
^ ARCHITECTURE or WOODWORKING
FIND
^ ARCHITECTURE or WOODWORKING
FORUMS
^ ARCHITECTURE or WOODWORKING
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^ ARCHITECTURE or WOODWORKING
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also see.. §Paint, Pigment, Stains§
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