Building with Earth: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture




Birkhäuser Basel; 1 edition | 199 pages | May 5, 2006 | ISBN: 3764374772 | PDF | 22 MB
For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building
material clay, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying
increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry
and temperate climate zones, clay offers numerous advantages over other
materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great
aesthetic appeal.

This handbook offers a practical systematic
overview of the many uses of clay and techniques for processing it. Its
properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and
knowledgeable detail. The authors presentation reflects the rich and
varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth
structures in Germany and abroad. Numerous photographs of construction
sites and drawings show the concrete execution of clay architecture.

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