{"product_id":"the-memory-of-rock-gokul-salvadi-9789359873664","title":"The Memory of Rock: Understanding Rammed Earth - The Science, Performance, and Contemporary Case","description":"\u003cp\u003eRammed earth is dispersed rock, compressed back toward the state it came from. This book explains why it works - not how to build with it, but the science behind every property that makes the material worth building with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwelve chapters cover the full picture. The geology of soil and what compression actually does at the particle level. The narrow moisture window that separates a strong wall from a failed one. Thermal lag - how a 300-millimetre wall delays heat by 8 to 12 hours, turning a 24-hour climate cycle into passive cooling. Humidity regulation through hygroscopic clay that buffers indoor moisture without mechanical systems. Acoustics - mass that blocks, layers that dissipate, surface texture that absorbs. Fire resistance from minerals that have nothing left to give to combustion. Structural logic - compression, load paths, ring beams, and a 100-foot tower in Pakistan that proves the principle at scale. Durability measured in centuries, not decades, with one condition: manage water. Embodied energy at a fraction of concrete's cost to the planet. The contemporary case for a material whose moment has returned. The honest limitations - where it doesn't work and why. And finally, the whole building as one integrated system where foundation, wall, roof, and drainage work together or not at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a practitioner who consults, teaches and builds. Science-grounded. Direct. Just what the material does and why it matters now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gokul Salvadi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9359873667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789359873664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Finding Harmony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Gokul Salvadi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084245082367,"sku":"9789359873664","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-memory-of-rock-gokul-salvadi-9789359873664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}