Excellent info - - - the walls not only look great but as well look to be very good acoustically too. I really like the staggered "Lodge Stone" that has the look of real craftsman / artisan work and not like the uniformed blah blah blocks that are pumped out by the mills.
The use of cardboard boxes is ingenious - this time the thinking is not out of the box - but in the box !
Great looking craftmanship, high R-value, sound absorbing too.
The "looks expensive but it's not" is one of the most hard to achieve things in building. Kudos too all who came up with these great ideas on this Thesis Project !!
Cheers to All
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Charmaine Taylor <dirtcheapbuilderbooks@...> wrote:
>
> I found this site from the UK-- besides the gorgeous block wall I
> laughed to see they did it with using cardboard boxes!! hundreds of
> cardboard boxes to make the shapes.
>
> I have been using cardboard for ages to make precast blocks, but I
> admit I did not have the vision to make a 'beauty wall' like this--
> not structural, but as a draft or wind break wall, it is stunning to
> see how pretty this is.
>
> the house looks like wood walls, but the use of the blocks really
> makes the design.
> http://bartlettyear1architecture.blogspot.com/2010/02/rural-studio-christine-papercrete-house.html
>
>
> I have not explored the description, if ther is one..but this design
> is often called "London brick", or "lodge stone"-- big and small
> rectangles of 'stone' usually cement based. these blocks look more
> like clay and paper than all cement based on the color. in any case
> they look good, anyone agree? get any ideas from this for a privacy
> wall? well protected overhangs as you can see, but really nice use
> of the ruggedness of the cast block.
>
> --
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> http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
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> Search Amazon.com books for "Modern Pise"
> Order books: Tel: 406-287-3605 for Tom Elpel
>
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