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Building with Earth : Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture by Gernot Minke is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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.

Who reads Building with Earth : Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture?

Author

Gernot Minke

Publisher

Birkhäuser Basel

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9783764389925

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Technology, Engineering, Art

Rating

4.15 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13