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The only classic manual by an authority on how to build with earth as the material, and arches, domes, and vaults as the forms, including how to fire and glaze earth buildings to become ceramic houses. Also contains the latest chapter on Superadobe as seen by building officials (sandbag and barbed wire, earthbag technology), a patented system free for individuals and licensed for commercial use. The second book in this series “Sandbag Houses and Earth Architecture, how to build your own” is being prepared for print. Nader Khalili’s ideas on Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture have been published by NASA and utilized by the United Nations, and have passed Building and Safety tests in California.
Nader Khalili, California architect and humanitarian, has been developing simple breakthrough natural building technologies for over three decades. His innovations are known as Superadobe (sandbags and barbed wire) and Ceramic Houses (earth and fire). He grew up as one of nine children who "constantly knew need". His grandmother recited to him the poems of Rumi, the 13th century Persian mystic poet, which were to become his inspiration in life and architecture. "I never forgot the human need," he says, "and now I'm responding in a small way." Khalili has written several books, served as a consultant to the U.N. (UNIDO) and a contributor to NASA, as well as directing Cal-Earth Institute. For his work in Earth and Ceramic Architecture he has received awards such as "Excellence in Technology" from the CCAIA, "Shelter for the Homeless" from the U.N. and HUD, "Outstanding Paper" from the ASCE (Aerospace Division) for Generating Lunar Structures, and most recently the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for “Sandbag Shelter Prototypes”.
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