ISBN: 9781889625003 Year Added to Catalog: 2004 Book Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 5.5 x 8.5, 245 pages Book Publisher: Cal-Earth Press Old ISBN: 1889625000 Release Date: June 21, 2002
This is Nader Khalili's own story. Racing Alone tells of how an Iranian-born, Western-trained architect armed only with notebooks, a motorcycle, and his own unique vision set off on a five-year odyssey in search of a simple, inexpensive, yet permanent form of dwelling. His ultimate triumph comes with his discovery of the "untouched magic" of clay. Racing Alone begins as one man's dream and ends with a village of ceramic houses, an exhibition in Paris, and an invitation from NASA. It signals a revolution in modern architecture, set against the tumultuous background of social revolution in Iran.
About the Author
Nader Khalili
Nader Khalili, an Iranian-born California architect and author, is the designer and innovator of the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire System known as "ceramic houses" as well as the Superadobe building technologies. He received his education in Iran, Turkey, and the United States, and has been a licensed architect in California since 1970. In 1975, he closed his successful practice in the United States and Iran designing high-rise buildings and journeyed by motorcycle for five years through the Iranian desert, where he worked closely with local villagers to develop his earth architecture prototypes. His impressions have been collected in his book Racing Alone. ...
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