Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / Gernot Minke.

Main entry:

Minke, Gernot.

Title & Author:

Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / Gernot Minke.

Publication:

Description:

199 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Loosely based on the German publication: Das neue Lehmbau-Handbuch, originally published in 1994 and now in its sixth ed.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-199).
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.

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.

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ISBN:

3764374772 (alk. paper)
9783764374778 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Earth construction.
Sustainable buildings Design and construction.
Sustainable architecture.
Buildings Environmental engineering.
Architecture durable.
Constructions Technique de l'environnement.
Lehmbau

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Minke, Gernot. Neue Lehmbau-Handbuch.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247398
Call No.: BIB 176924
Status: Available

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