Describes all relevant physical and structural data - most of them recently investigated - of earth as a building material earth, explains all earth construction techniques, gives guidelines for repairing earth buildings, illustrates the variety of applications from improved earth building components and depicts several representative earth buildings from all over the world.
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..".interesting and well constructed...[recommended] for any collection with a user population who might be interested in earth construction or alternative building methods." --E-STREAMS, Vol 4, No 3, March 2001
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002 --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002 --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
Embraces a number of techniques not well known in the US. Plenty of meat for the artist, the architect and the engineer. --Adobe Builder, Book #10, 2002
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This review is from: Earth Construction Handbook: The Building Material Earth in Modern Architecture (Hardcover)
The book is unnecessarily made too costly for the information within. There are several good books available at a lower price.
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