Building with Earth

A handbook

By:

John Norton

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This handbook provides practical help in choosing whether to, and how to build with earth, from soil selection to construction and maintenance. Earth can achieve very high quality and durability as a building material. It is also frequently used by people with few other resources for building. In many countries earth is associated with poverty, and is not thought of as a high quality and durable material. Much effort in recent decades has gone into giving earth building the technical and social credibility that it deserves. Today earth building successfully meets both modern and traditional building needs. It has also retained its advantage of responding to the requirements of both the rich and the poor. The techniques described in the revised and updated second edition of this book have a focus on maintaining this balance, and on achieving good quality results with accessible methods.

Author Biography:

Informed by over a quarter of a century of experience of working the field with the Development Workshop, John Norton's clear statements of intention, step-by-step descriptions of practice, and lucid explanations of technical data make this an invaluable, readable handbook of manageable length and dimensions which provides a reliable basis for new housing with the most accessible of means.

Release date NZ

December 15th, 1997

Author

John Norton

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Technical / Manuals
Undergraduate

Edition

2nd edition

Pages

Dimensions

176x245x7

ISBN-13

9781853393372

Product ID

1941143

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