The cannibal's cookbook : mining myths of Cyclopean constructions / author, Brandon Clifford ; co-authors, Daniel Marshall, James Addison, and Mackenzie Muhonen ; cover & book artwork, Joshua Longo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clifford, Brandon, author.

Marshall, Daniel, author.

Addison, James, author.

Muhonen, Mackenzie, author.

Contributor:

Longo, Joshua, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masonry.

Buildings--Salvaging.

Buildings.

masonry (building materials).

Architecture--History.

Architecture--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

illustration

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

[Novato, California] : Oro Editions, [2021]

Summary:

The Cannibal's Cookbook fiercely consumes the body of past cyclopean constructions. It assembles, re-packages, and offers this latent knowledge for your contemporary consumption. It is a manual for the hungry, for those who are not satiated by the careless building practices of the present. With one foot in the past and another in the present, the cookbook bridges the realities of our ancestors and ourselves. We propose a series of architectural "recipes" after dining on this body of past expertise. The recipes are deciphered from ancient cyclopean masonry systems, but with a contemporary twist. They cannibalise leftover debris - building rubble that typically stuffs our landfills - to construct new buildings.

Contents:

The cannibalist manifesto

Why we need cannibalism

Reference matter

Copy-paste (Bingbuffer's crumble)

Center of attention (Dagwanoenyent's polygonal piles)

Divinity in the details (Wiraqucha's turn over)

Critical mass (Nephilim's mound cake)

Wobble + wedge (Polyphemus' biscuit and crumbs)

Here and now (Taudombi's smorgasboord sprinkle)

Locked forever (Jentil's nest of treasures)

Flip n switch (Gogmagog's thin-cut filet).

Notes:

Previous edition published in 2017.

ISBN:

9781951541439

195154143X

OCLC:

1192973968