Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Building panels, etc

[Sally Leach (sleach]

>Love it Mark!  I'm writing this from Australia.  Just yesterday I passed by a
>subdivision going up;  all conventional, middle class, mass produced,
>stereotyped houses.  For Australia;  not for the US.  I estimate these  houses
>used *1/6* the amount of wood of the typical american production house!
>Completely different methods and materials.
>
>Buzz:  I would really like to hear (or better see a wall section) of the
1/6 wood houses in the land of Oz.  This would pass US codes?? Well, straw
bale or 1/6 wood, codes can eventually be changed.   Thanks for an
interesting post.  Tom Leach, Architect