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Light Earth Building: A Handbook for Building with Wood and Earth
Franz Volhard
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Description for Light Earth Building: A Handbook for Building with Wood and Earth
Paperback. Presents the use of the "old" building material earth comprehensively and modernly, and contains many practical tips about simplifying designs as well as using prefabricated clay materials in the contemporary construction process. This book presents selected project examples to show the diversity of this building material. Num Pages: 312 pages, 490 colour illustrations, 490 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AMC; AMCR; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165. Weight in Grams: 864.
The interest in clay as a building material – which has proved its sustainable characteristics over centuries – is growing. Light clay, which is light in weight and easy to work, is presented here as a versatile and forward-looking building material for modern computer-aided timber construction and the renewal of historic timber-framed buildings with clay infill. The balanced building physics properties of the material, which can be controlled through the mixing proportions, make it suitable for resource-efficient building in various different climate zones. Thermal storage, sound insulation, protection against moisture and fire in conventional timber construction are improved, and the ... Read more
The interest in clay as a building material – which has proved its sustainable characteristics over centuries – is growing. Light clay, which is light in weight and easy to work, is presented here as a versatile and forward-looking building material for modern computer-aided timber construction and the renewal of historic timber-framed buildings with clay infill. The balanced building physics properties of the material, which can be controlled through the mixing proportions, make it suitable for resource-efficient building in various different climate zones. Thermal storage, sound insulation, protection against moisture and fire in conventional timber construction are improved, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Birkhauser Switzerland
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, Switzerland
ISBN
9783035606348
SKU
V9783035606348
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Franz Volhard
Franz Volhard is an architect and internationally recognized specialist in building with earth. Schauer + Volhard Architekten BDA.
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