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DESIGN

In the following pages you will find the necessary guidelines and advice to properly built low-cost, nonengineered houses in stone, brick, and timber. It is important to remember that most of these designs make the structures more resistant against seismic loading, but they do not make them fully earthquake proof.

NSET
STONE MASONRY
ADOBE
TIMBER
CONFINED MASONRY


Andvanced Training Construction Manual
by NSET
Basic Training Construction Manual
by Heini Mueller