Light earth building : a handbook for building with wood and earth /
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| Language: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Earth as a building material ; Earth building methods ; Building with earth: a historical overview ; Building with earth today? ; What possibilities can earth building techniques offer today? ; Building with timber and earth
- Building materials for light earth : Soil and earth ; Fibres and aggregates for light earth
- Preparation of materials for light earth : Preparation of clay slip ; Preparing fibres and aggregates ; Preparation of the light earth mix ; Organisation of the building site ; Ready-mixed material
- Wet construction : Shuttered walls ; Manual application ; Floors and ceilings ; Roof insulation ; Light earth in building restoration ; Spray application approaches
- Dry construction : Light earth bricks and blocks ; Light earth panels ; Self-produced bricks and panels ; Walls ; Floors and roof inclines ; Dry construction ; Aspects of building construction and finishing : Protection of the construction ; Plaster and paints ; Two-coat lime renders (inside and outside) ; Earth plasters ; Windows and doors ; Floor ; Internal wall coverings ; Technical installations and fixings
- Planning and costs : Construction period ; Cost and labour ; Building codes and regulations
- Design, specification and construction supervision ; Self-building ; Typical mistakes
- Physical properties : Thermal protection ; Moisture, drying ; Fire behaviour ; Sound insulation ; Airtightness ; Absorption of toxins
- Projects : Conversion and extension of a half-timbered house
- New private house with workshop
- Earth building settlement: Domaine de la Terre, L'Isle d'Abeau
- New youth community building
- Barn conversion
- House extension
- Cowshed and barn conversions
- Summerhouse
- Atelier
- Earth house in Maria Rain
- Historical renovation and extension of a listed building
- Historical renovation of a listed building
- Single-family home in Raisio
- Littlecroft, demonstration building for a research project
- Sandberghof community-oriented housing
- Single-family home in Sweden
- Church in Järna
- Guesthouse in New Mexico
- Prajna Yoga Studio in New Mexico
- Single-family home in Wisconsin
- Single-family home in Carla Bayle
- Twenty houses made of straw light earth
- Conversion of a rural house in Normandy
- House rebuilding in Haiti
- Schap 2011: Primary school in South Africa
- Single-family home in Victoria
- Private house in Darmstadt
- Single-family home in Kaipara Flats
- Glossary.