Earthen Architecture Initiative
 

Project Publications

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Cancino, Claudia, with Stephen Farneth, Phillippe Garnier, Julio Vargas Neumann, and Frederick Webster. Damage Assessment of Historic Earthen Buildings After the August 15, 2007, Pisco, Peru Earthquake. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2009. (74pp., 8MB)

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Achenza, Maddalena, Claudia Cancino, Mariana Correia, Amila Ferron, and Hubert Guillaud, eds. Experts Workshop on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architecture and its Contribution to Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Region: Final Report. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2009. (35pp., 3.5MB)

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Hardy, Mary, Claudia Cancino, and Gail Ostergren, eds. Proceedings of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project 2006 Colloquium Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2009. Downloadable in 23 sections or as one PDF.

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Getty Publications

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Rainer, Leslie, Angelyn Bass Rivera, and David Gandreau, eds. Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2011. (438pp., 9.2MB) A bound copy is available for purchase in the Getty Museum Store.

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Avrami, Erica, Hubert Guillaud, and Mary Hardy, eds. Terra Literature Review: An Overview of Earthen Architecture Conservation. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2008. (174 pp., 1.7MB)

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Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, and William S. Ginell. Planning and Engineering Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofitting of Historic Adobe Structures. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2002. (154pp., 4.3MB) A bound copy is available for purchase at the Getty Bookstore.

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Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, and William S. Ginell. Guías de planeamiento e ingeniería para la estabilización sismorresistente de estructuras históricas de adobe. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2005. (Spanish version of the above) (160pp., 4.8MB)

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Tolles, E. Leroy, Edna E. Kimbro, Frederick A. Webster, and William S. Ginell. Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adobe Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2000. (174 pp., 3.2MB) A bound copy is available for purchase at the Getty Bookstore.

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Tolles, E. Leroy, Frederick A. Webster, Anthony Crosby, and Edna E. Kimbro. Survey of Damage to Historic Adobe Buildings after the January 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 1996. (171 pp., 7.2MB)

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