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Alternative construction : contemporary natural building methods /
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley,
c2005.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Design principles
- The natural building movement / Lynne Elizabeth
- The realities of specifying environmental building materials / Cassandra Adams
- A new context for building codes and regulation / David Eisenberg
- Natural conditioning of buildings / Ken Haggard, Polly Cooper, and Jennifer Rennick with assistance from Phil Niles
- Structural properties of alternative building materials / Bruce King, P.E.
- Systems and materials
- Abode / Michael Moquin
- Cob / Michael Smith
- Rammed earth / David Easton
- Modular contained earth
- Earthbag / Joseph Kennedy and Paulina Wojciechowska
- Earth-rammed tires / Michael Reynolds
- Light clay / Robert Laporte and Frank Andresen
- Straw-bale / Kelly Lerner, Bob Theis, and Dan Smith
- Bamboo
- Darrel DeBoer and Karl Bareis
- Earthen finishes
- Earth plasters / Carole Crews
- Earth floors / Bill and Athena Steen
- Applications
- Integrated systems with rammed earth: Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona Campus, New South Wales, Australia / Marci Webster-Mannison
- Straw, clay, and carrizo: Obregon project, Northern Mexico / Bill and Athena Steen
- Light-clay house additions : School/residence in Wisconsin / Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA
- Variations on earthbag: The Honey House-Moab, Utah / Kaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer
- Residences in Arizona and Wisconsin / Dominic Howes
- Sandbag house, Rum Cay Island, Bahamas / Steve Kemble and Carol Escott
- The value of indigenous ways: Habitat for Humanity International / C. Wayne Nelson
- Building technology transfer: raising straw-bale housing for farmworkers in California / Kelly Lerner, Dan Smith, and Bob Theis
- Introduction of straw-bale construction to Mongolia and China / Kelly Lerner
- Finding the soul of natural building / Tom Bender.