Building with Earth Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

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...

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Main Author Minke, Gernot
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel Birkhäuser 2006
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Birkhauser
Edition2
Subjects
ARCHITECTURE
Buildings
Design
Design and construction
Earth construction
Earth houses
Environmental engineering
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable buildings
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ISBN3764378735
9783764378738
9783764374778
3764374772
9783764389925
3764389923
DOI10.1515/9783034612623

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Summary: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 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.
ISBN:3764378735
9783764378738
9783764374778
3764374772
9783764389925
3764389923
DOI:10.1515/9783034612623