Some of my favorite books in the world are technique books, and with The Method In The Madness, I can geek out to my heart's content.

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It clip highlights how an ancient Egyptian building method - the Nubian vault -, which requires only earth and water, was rediscovered by a Frenchman who transmitted this technique to Burkinabese masons.

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