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title: "The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book Kindle Edition"
brand: "ianto evansmichael g. smith"
price: "R933"
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# The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book Kindle Edition

**Brand:** ianto evansmichael g. smith
**Price:** R933
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- **What is this?** The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book Kindle Edition by ianto evansmichael g. smith
- **How much does it cost?** R933 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    A Complete Resource
  

*by L***E on Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018*

I know there are many, many books and resources out there on cob building. And yes, this is the only book I have read on this subject, and so I cannot make any comparisons. BUT, I would argue that you will be hard-pressed to find a better and more complete book on this subject than this one. Can you build a cob house from reading this book alone? Absolutely. It's a complete guide.Happy building!

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    an absolute delight, was even better than I had hoped it ...
  

*by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016*

One of the most jam-packed-with-practical-usable-insight-and-skills book I've ever come across, an absolute delight, was even better than I had hoped it would be. Great illustrations, great mix of theoretical and practical knowledge, and beyond that, hard won wisdom that could only come from someone who's put in the time actually doing this stuff. If you're on the fence, don't waste another minute reading reviews, just order the thing already! While working our way through this book, my wife and I participated in a hands-on Cob Building workshop, which was a great supplement to this book, if you can do so I'd highly recommend it (as do the authors of this book, who run workshops up in Oregon where they cover this material in-depth). Even so, I wouldn't pass up this book, it is a treasury of information on the topic of "alternative"/natural home building, in general, and Cob Building specifically, written by the key people who've revived this art for the rest of us, in our times.

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    Excellent tome of wisdom! Warning, lots of BS filler/agendas within
  

*by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2015*

I felt like the author was really trying to push an agenda- in a way that seemed more like 'you're with us or against us' instead of inspiring. The book is longer than it needs to be with hippy, feel-good filler. The material presented is great though, easy to understand and detailed. I wish this book came in a version with the primitive hippy ideology removed and replaced with common sense and maybe even more reference charts/pictures.

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