For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry and temperate climate zones, earth offers numerous advantages over other materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great aesthetic appeal.
The second and revised edition of this handbook offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of earth and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and knowledgeable detail.
The author’s presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete execution of earth architecture.
Pages: 199
Language: English
22 × 28 cm
496 b/w ill., 90 col. ill.
Publication: 1 Feb 2013
ISBN 978-3-0346-1262-3
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gernot Minke ist Hochschullehrer an der Universität Kassel, wo er das Forschungslabor für Experimentelles Bauen leitet und sich seit langem mit Entwicklungen des ökologischen Bauens beschäftigt. Mit dem Baustoff Lehm befaßt er sich in Theorie und Praxis seit 1977. Sein Buch «Building with Straw» ist ebenfalls bei Birkhäuser erschienen.