Item #404607 Down to earth : mud architecture, an old idea, a new future : based on an exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou / conceived and directed by Jean Dethier ; translated from the French by Ruth Eaton. Des Architectures de Terre, Exhibition, Paris.

Down to earth : mud architecture, an old idea, a new future : based on an exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou / conceived and directed by Jean Dethier ; translated from the French by Ruth Eaton

1982, 1st edition. London : Thames and Hudson. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404607
ISBN: 0500340900

Physical description; 192 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Translation of : Des architectures de terre. Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191). Contents; Architecture in earth: historical and popular traditions (Man's oldest building material ; Strength and durability ; Variety of forms ; Its many uses ; Earth architecture the world over ; Construction methods ; Architecture for rich and poor ; Urban architecture in unbaked earth ; Rural architecture in unbaked earth ; Ornamentation ; Sensuality ; The sky's the limit ; The grandeur of earth buildings ; Interiors and harmony ; Ruins, restorations and ruses ; The modernity of traditions) ; Architecture in earth: new prospects, new projects. Subjects; Earth houses. Pisé. Building, Adobe. Architecture, Domestic. Earth construction History.

Price: €35.00

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