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Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

By Gernot Minke

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
2006
ISBN
3764374772987, 978-3-7643-7477-8
Open Library ID
OL23241673M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22045454 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
199\198
Topic
Geology
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry and temperate climate zones, earth offers numerous advantages over other materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great aesthetic appeal. The second and revised edition of this handbook offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of earth and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and knowledgeable detail. The author’s presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete execution of earth architecture.

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