Earth Building : History, Science and Conservation (EP 101)
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1848061927
ISBN-13
9781848061927
Publisher
IHS BRE Press
Imprint
IHS BRE Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 19th, 2012
Print length
120 Pages
Weight
324 grams
Dimensions
24.40 x 19.00 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
Building construction & materialsBuilding construction and materials
Ksh 8,100.00
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Explore strategies for the analysis and conservation of earth buildings, including adobe, cob and rammed earth. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book provides an invaluable tool for the conservator, architect and engineer.
This book covers various types of earth construction including adobe, cob and rammed earth. It presents a wide-ranging review of the history of earth building, tracing the development of earthen construction techniques from antiquity to the present day, and showing the development of the techniques with both time and geography. The behaviour of earth building materials is explained using, for the first time, principles from soil mechanics. There is a detailed discussion of strategies for the analysis and conservation of earth buildings to enable engineers, conservation professionals and architects to understand and preserve earth buildings better in the future. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams, this book provides an invaluable tool for the conservation of earth buildings.
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