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Building with straw : design and technology of a sustainable architecture / Gernot Minke, Friedemann Mahlke ; [translation: Jörn Frenzel].

By: Minke, Gernot.
Contributor(s): Mahlke, Friedemann.
Publisher: Basel : Birkh©Þuser, c2005Description: 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 3764371714 (pbk.).Subject(s): Straw bale houses -- Design and construction | Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction | Straw -- Utilization | Building materials | House constructionDDC classification: 693.997
Contents:
I. The technology of straw bale building: 1. Introduction - 2. History and proliferation of straw bale building - 3. Straw as building material - 4. Wall construction systems using straw bales - 5. Roof and floor construction with straw bales - 6. Physical aspects of straw bale building - 7. Designing a straw bale building - 8. Surface protection and finishing works - 9. The building process - 10. Trial and error - an example - 11. Building cost, insurance, planning permission -- Built examples in detail: Residences - Home and workplace - Educational and cultural buildings.
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Includes bibliographical references (140-142).

I. The technology of straw bale building: 1. Introduction - 2. History and proliferation of straw bale building - 3. Straw as building material - 4. Wall construction systems using straw bales - 5. Roof and floor construction with straw bales - 6. Physical aspects of straw bale building - 7. Designing a straw bale building - 8. Surface protection and finishing works - 9. The building process - 10. Trial and error - an example - 11. Building cost, insurance, planning permission -- Built examples in detail: Residences - Home and workplace - Educational and cultural buildings.

Translated from the German.