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Chronicles of the Design & Construction of Two Waterfront Hurricane Proof Dry Stack Modular Green Custom Homes
1. Villa Lagoon, Wilder Italian Style Home
2. Nasello Italian Style Home

Hurricane-Proof Waterfront House Construction 2007-2009 - The Planning and Construction Process of Villa Lagoon Phase II: The Main House
Home	Planning	Blocks	Plans1	Plans2	Foundation	Site Prep	Blocks	1st Slab	1sr Slab	Slab Pour
Acid Stain	Crane	1st Course	2nd Course	3,4,5 Course	Second Pour	1sr Floor	Crane Repair	Half Way Up	2008	Top Floor Joists
Top Floor	Panels	Frieze	Top Floor Walls	Acid Stain Frieze	Acid Stain Con't	Cornice	Upper Story	Cornice & Panels	MgO & Evoba	Cornice & Trusses
Video	Top Rows-1	Bulkhead	Month 15	Month 16	Exterior Completion	Roof	Interiors-1	Steps	Insulation & Kitchen	MgO Board
Kitchen Counters	Tile Floors	Cement Tile-2	Cabinets	Interior Decor	Cuban Ceiling	Saga of the Toilets	Interior Con't	Cement Tile First Floor	Cement Tile Last Floor
Product Discussion Pages
Partners	DacArt in the News	Buy a Finished DAC-ART Home	Tankless Water Heaters	Magnesium Oxide Boards-MgO	Concrete Bldg. Systems and History	Hurricane Windows & Doors	Custom Garage Doors	Composite Decking	House Numbers	Concrete Floor Tile and Reproduction

Concrete Cottages of Historic Interest

UK Exposition 1905 & 1907 - Today's 'Tomorrow's Garden City' competition was inspired by the 1905 and 1907 Cheap Cottages Exhibitions, two pivotal events in the history of Letchworth Garden City, UK.

Thomas Edison - From the IEEE Virtual Museum: Thomas Edison's all concrete house venture. In 1899, using leftover heavy equipment, he founded the Edison Portland Cement Company. Although at that time concrete (of which cement is a major component) was rarely used, Edison’s promotion of cement helped launch the industry. One of the ways he promoted cement was by building and selling low-cost concrete houses. Unfortunately, although his intentions were good, concrete housing added a second link in Edison’s growing chain of failures.

Edison’s concrete housing effort began around 1908. Portland cement (which Edison did not invent) was coming into fashion as a construction material. Edison and his team worked on perfecting a formula for mixing concrete (a mixture of cement and filler materials such as sand or gravel) and building re-usable steel molds to cast the walls of houses. By 1910, he had cast two experimental buildings—a gardener’s cottage and a garage—at his New Jersey mansion Glenmont. He announced in the press that he did not intend to profit from the venture, but would instead give away the patented information to qualified builders. Read the rest....very interesting.

Villa Lagoon Tile

Introducing Encaustic Cement Tile to the Coast. Known the world over as mosaicos hidráulicos. The ideal floor for a hurricane proof project, residential or commercial, with global availability. Explore the beauty of cement tile.

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