Building with earth :
Minke, Gernot
Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / by Gernot Minke ; translated by Shalima Hingorami, Rajeshwari Prakash and Sanjay Prakash - 2nd rev. ed. - Basel : Birkhauser, 2009. - 207 p. : ill. (some coloured)
Includes bibliographical references. Loosely based on the German publication: Das neue Lehmbau-Handbuch, originally published in 1994 and now in its sixth ed.
This handbook offers a practical, systematic overview of the many uses of loam, or clayey soil, and the wide variety of techniques for processing it. Furthermore, the book explains particular building methods relating to prefabricated panels, direct forming with loam, weather protection or earthquake resistance. Twenty seven exemplary international projects illustrate the wide spectrum of design possibilities with earth.
9783764389925
AR--Earth construction
Sustainable Building--Design and construction--Handbook
Buildings--Environmental engineering.
721.04422 / MIN-B
Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / by Gernot Minke ; translated by Shalima Hingorami, Rajeshwari Prakash and Sanjay Prakash - 2nd rev. ed. - Basel : Birkhauser, 2009. - 207 p. : ill. (some coloured)
Includes bibliographical references. Loosely based on the German publication: Das neue Lehmbau-Handbuch, originally published in 1994 and now in its sixth ed.
This handbook offers a practical, systematic overview of the many uses of loam, or clayey soil, and the wide variety of techniques for processing it. Furthermore, the book explains particular building methods relating to prefabricated panels, direct forming with loam, weather protection or earthquake resistance. Twenty seven exemplary international projects illustrate the wide spectrum of design possibilities with earth.
9783764389925
AR--Earth construction
Sustainable Building--Design and construction--Handbook
Buildings--Environmental engineering.
721.04422 / MIN-B