Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods

by Lynne Elizabeth

Book Overview

Bei Standardbauprojekten kommen Materialien wie Stahl, Holz und Mauerwerk zum Einsatz. Alternative Bausysteme verwenden nat?rliche Baumaterialien wie z.B. Adobeziegel, Lehm, Bambus und Strohballen. Richtig eingesetzt sind diese nat?rlichen Materialien ebenso stabil und langlebig wie ihre traditionelleren Gegenst?cke, jedoch ohne negativen Einflu auf die Umwelt. Dies ist das erste Buch auf dem Markt, das eine breite Vielfalt alternativer Bausysteme...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471719382
• ISBN13: 9780471719380
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Very nice overview of options.

I haven't done anything but dream yet, but my friends borrowed the book and used it extensively in planning their passive solar home. Like others have mentioned it does not have explicit instructions for any of the buildings, but has enough information to help you choose your direction.

Alternative Construction

This is an excellent resource book for those seeking to learn more about alternative construction methods and materials. It introduces the reader to straw bale, cob, light straw clay (a marvelous material), rammed earth and many other ecologically appropriate materials. It doesn't provide enough detail to help you build with these materials but it will help you choose which might be good for you and guides you to some of the key people and resources. The chapter on natural conditioning of houses is outstanding and provides performance estimates for a variety of building materials in cities as diverse as Denver and El Centro. david bainbridge is one of the authors of the Straw Bale House and a pioneer in passive solar heating and cooling.

Environmental friendly building material

A good informativeand worth to keep in your personal library