| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Rammed earth : Rammed earth houses / Jourda & Perraudin Partenaires ; Bowali Visitor Information Centre / Glenn Murcutt & Associates and Troppo Architects ; Low compound / Jones Studio ; Ooi House / Kerry Hill ; Palmer-Rose House / Rick Joy Architects ; Poll House, Margaret River / Gary Marinko Architects ; Thurgoona Campus of Charles Sturt University / Marci Webster-Mannison ; Chapel of Reconciliation / Reitermann and Sassenroth ; Mason's Bend Community Center / Rural Studio ; National Wine Centre / Grieve Gillette and Cox Architects ; Eden Project Visitor Centre / Grimshaw Architects ; Sihlhölzli Sports Facility storage sheds and chronometry tower / Roger Boltshauser Architekten ; Split House / Atelier FCJZ ; Cemetery extension and Chapel of Rest / Marte.Marte ; Center of Gravity Foundation Hall / Predock Frane Architects ; Residence at Meteor Vineyards / Cutler Anderson Architects ; Vineyard residence / John Wardle Architects ; Rosie Joe House / Design Build BLUFF ; Zousei Architecture / Manabu + Nez/Loco Architects ; Amankora Bhutan Resorts / Kerry Hill Architects ; Red Hill Residence / Christopherchris Architecture ; Back 40 House / Gallo Powell Consortium ; Nk'Mip Desert Interpretive Centre / Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden ; Residence 1 / Drachman Design-Build Coalition -- Chapter 2. Mud brick : La Luz Community / Antoine Predock Architect ; Matthews Residence / Will Bruder + Partners ; The Eco House / Arkitekt Sverre Fehn AS ; Camacho Residence / The Adobe Alliance ; Arrillhjere Demonstration House / Brendan J. Meney Architects ; Druk White Lotus School / Arup Associates ; Bodega en Los Robles / José Cruz Ovalle, Arquitecto ; Cocuy Pecayero Distillery / Rafael Mattar Neri, Arquitectos Asociados ; Casa Corralones / Mathias Klotz Arquitecto ; Prada Marfa / Elmgreen & Dragset ; Christine's House / Rural Studio -- Chapter 3. Compressed earth block : Villa Eila ; Kahere Eila Poultry Farming School / Heikkinen-Komonen Architects ; N3 / de Paor Architects ; Center for the Blind / Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha ; Primary School / Diébédo Francis Kéré -- Chapter 4. Molded earth : Baninajar Refugee Camp Housing / Nader Khalili ; Waldorf Kindergarten / Planungsbüro für Ökologisches Bauen Kassel ; House of earth and light / Marwan Al-Sayed Architects Ltd. ; Extension for the Charcoal Burner's Hut / Smiljan Radic ; Cobtun House / Associated Architects ; Peñalolén House / Sur Tierra Arquitectura ; Handmade school / Heringer-Roswag Cooperation -- Afterword: The future |
| Summary |
Provides a history of building with earth in the modern era, focusing on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth, mud brick, compressed earth, cob, and several other techniques made more relevant than ever by ecological and economic imperatives. Features over 40 projects |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 207) |
| Subject |
Earth construction.
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Earth sheltered houses -- Design and construction.
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Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
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Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
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| LC no. |
2008010582 |
| ISBN |
9781568987675 alkaline paper |
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1568987676 alkaline paper |
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9781568989457 paperback |
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1568989458 paperback |
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