MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aTH146$b.A48 2005
082 00 $a691$222
245 00 $aAlternative construction :$bcontemporary natural building methods /$cedited by Lynne Elizabeth, Cassandra Adams.
260 $aHoboken, N.J. :$bJohn Wiley,$cc2005.
300 $axxiii, 392 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 365-374) and index.
505 0 $aDesign 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.
650 0 $aBuilding.
650 0 $aBuilding materials$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aGreen products.
650 0 $aSustainable development.
650 0 $aArchitecture and society.
650 0 $aConstruction industry$xAppropriate technology.
650 0 $aEarth houses.
650 0 $aStraw bale houses.
700 1 $aElizabeth, Lynne.
700 1 $aAdams, Cassandra.