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Light earth building : a handbook for building with wood and earth
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Uniform Title
Leichtlehmbau. English
Title
Light earth building : a handbook for building with wood and earth / Franz Volhard ; translation from German into English: Julian Reisenberger.
ISBN
9783035606348
303560634X
9783035606454 (PDF : online)
Publication
Basel : Birkhäuser, [2016]
Physical Description
311 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Notes
Translation of: Bauen mit Leichtlehm (8., neubearbeitete und ergänzte Auflage).
"First published in 1983 under the name "Leichtlehmbau--alter Baustoff--neue Technik" (Light Earth Building: New Techniques for an Old Building Material) ... In 2013, the seventh edition of this book was published under a new title--"Bauen mit Leichtlehm, Handbuch für das Bauen mit Lehm und Holz" (Bulding with Light Earth, A Handbook for Building with Earth and Wood)--and with a new organisational structure that better reflects the division in earth building materials and building elements used in the "Lehmbau Regeln". The book was expanded to include both traditional historical techniques as well as new methods of manually applying straw-clay and heavy light earth mixtures. These were based on a research project in Limburg and numerous practical tests and investigations ... This, the eighth edition of this book, expands on techniques of building with light earth without formwork and details new developments in the earth building norms. The project section has been expanded to include projects from English-speaking countries."--Foreword.
Summary
"Over the last 30 years, interest has grown in using clay as an environmentally friendly building material that has proved its ideal sustainability for centuries. Light earth constructions, where a wooden framework or timber-framed walls are infilled with clay and fiber material, have extraordinarily solid, structural characteristics. Earth constructions are no longer considered exotic today, which, in part, is due to this standard work. The publication presents the use of this 'old' building material comprehensively and modernly, and contains many practical tips about simplifying designs as well as using prefabricated clay materials in the contemporary construction process. The selected project examples show the diversity of this building material, and the self-build projects demonstrate the beauty of working with lightweight earth using your own hands. The book is aimed at builders, architects and engineers, producers and artisans, as well as self-builders." Publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 17, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-303) and index.
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