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Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture

Title
Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / Gernot Minke.
Author
Minke, Gernot.
Publication
Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser-Publishers for Architecture, ©2006.

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Minke, Gernot.
Description
199 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color); 28 cm
Summary
"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. Numerous drawings and photos of construction sites show the concrete execution of earth architecture. Twenty-seven exemplary international projects illustrate the wide spectrum of design possibilities with earth."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Earth construction
  • Sustainable buildings > Design and construction
  • Sustainable architecture
  • Buildings > Environmental engineering
  • Lehmbau
Note
  • Loosely based on the German publication: Das neue Lehmbau-Handbuch, first published in 1994 and now in its sixth ed.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-199).
Contents
The technology of earth building -- Introduction -- The properties of earth as a building material -- Preparing of loam -- Improving the earth's characteristics by special treatment or additives -- Rammed earthworks -- Working with earthen blocks -- Large blocks and prefabricated panels -- Direct forming with wet loam -- Wet loam infill in skeleton structures -- Tamped, poured or pumped lightweight loam -- Loam plasters -- Weather protection of loam surfaces -- Repair of loam components -- Designs of particular building elements -- Earthquake-resistant building -- Built examples -- Residences -- Cultural, educational and sacral buildings.
ISBN
  • 3764374772
  • 9783764374778
LCCN
  • 2006047743
  • 9783764374778
OCLC
  • ocm69734653
  • 69734653
  • SCSB-1404088
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library