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Building with earth : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / Gernot Minke.
LIBRA TH1421 .M556 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Minke, Gernot.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth construction.
- Sustainable architecture.
- Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.
- Sustainable buildings.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Third and revised edition.
- Other Title:
- Design and technology of a sustainable architecture
- Place of Publication:
- Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, [2013]
- Summary:
- The revised 3rd 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.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-207).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9783034608220
- 3034608225
- OCLC:
- 824655373
- Online:
- Inhaltstext
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