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References and bibliographyPadfield, T., Poul Klenz Larsen, Lars Aasbjerg Jensen and Morten Ryhl-Svendsen 2007. 'The potential and limits for passive air conditioning of museums, stores and archives' in Tim Padfield and Karen Borchersen, Editors, Museum Microclimates. Contributions to the conference in Copenhagen, The National Museum of Denmark, November 2007 pp 191 - 198. http://www.padfield.org/tim/cfys/musmic/musmicbuf.php Padfield, Tim and Poul Klenz Larsen 2004. 'Designing museums with a naturally stable climate'.Studies in Conservation vol 49 pp 131-137. Extended version at: http://www.padfield.org/tim/cfys/musdes/musdes.pdf Mike Lawrence, Andrew Heath and Pete Walker. Mortars for thin unfired clay masonry walls. Lehm 2008. Tom Morton's article about building in unfired brick in Scotland. This is one of the best accounts of the practicality of this technique, compared to cob and stamped earth, which will probably remain niche activities in Western Europe. |