Book “Natural Building”
Title:
Natural Building
Subtitle:
Ecological Architecture and Principles
Editor:
James Quilty
Language:
English
Contents:
- Chapter: Introduction
- Natural building
- Chapter: Methods
- Green building
- Cob (building)
- Adobe
- Mudbrick
- Chirpici
- Cob (material)
- Rammed earth
- Wattle and daub
- Super Adobe
- Compressed earth block
- Sod house
- Earthship
- Tropical green building
- Chapter: materials
- Soil
- Bamboo
- Clay
- Water
- Organic matter
- Manure
- Cement
- Stucco
- Thermal mass
- Ferrocement
- Recycling timber
- Chapter: Eco methods
- Self-sufficient homes
- Low-energy house
- Sustainable habitat
- Solar power
- Passive solar building design
- Zero-energy building
- Photovoltaics
- Green electricity
- Active solar
- Arcology
- Energy-plus-house
- Rainwater harvesting
- Eco-building cluster
- Green technology
- GreenPlumbers
- Chapter: Historic Examples
- Qalat (fortress)
- Great Mosque of Djenné
- Hassan Fathy