Light Earth Building

Description

Light Earth Building. A Handbook for Building with Wood and Earth

• Practical illustration of the use ofbuilding earth
• Current design examples and methods
• New international examples from the United States and Europe

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.

CONTENTS

• Foreword
• 100 Introduction
• 200 Building materials for light earth
• 300 Preparation of materials for light earth
• 400 Wet construction
• 500 Dry construction
• 600 Aspects of building construction and finishing
• 700 Planning and costs
• 800 Physical properties
• Projects
• Appendix
• Sources and reference literature
• Publications of projects
• Index, Picture credits, About the author, Glossary

312 pages, 490 colour illustrations / 16,5 x 24,2 cm / English