ABSTRACT

Earthen architecture is widespread all over the world and demonstrates a significant richness of varieties both in application and in materials used. This book discusses and debates the lessons that can be learned from earthen architecture to create sustainable architecture today, both for the conservation of traditional existing buildings and the

part |2 pages

Lectures

chapter |6 pages

Restoration of the Rojano Tower in Lorca (Murcia, Spain)

P.E. Collado Espejo

chapter |6 pages

Saint Anthony hermitage: An example of earth rammed wall in a reconquest church

L. Cortés Meseguer, S. Tormo Esteve, R. Marín Sánchez & J. Pardo Conejero

chapter |6 pages

Stratigraphic analysis of earthen architecture: The mosque of M’Hamid El Ghizlane

O. Domínguez Martínez, A. García Hermida & C. Moreno Adán

chapter |6 pages

Earthen construction in Alto Arnoia river valley, Galicia

A. Fernández Palicio

chapter |6 pages

The Ksar Sidi Bou Abdellah in Mdagra Oasis, Morocco

T. Gil Piqueras & P. Rodríguez-Navarro

chapter |6 pages

Earthen architecture’s on seismic areas: Costa Rica’s case

I. Hernández Salazar

chapter |8 pages

The fitness of earthen architecture

chapter |6 pages

Location and conservation of rammed earth in Chelva (Spain)

M.Á. Lloría Cosín J.A. Cantó Vañó S.D. Lozano Esteban

chapter |6 pages

The walls construction system in Muza Tower (Benifaio, Spain)

V. López-Mateu & S. Tormo-Esteve T.M. Pellicer

chapter |6 pages

Masked defensive architecture. El portal de Massalavés

I. Matoses Ortells

chapter |4 pages

The other architecture: From natural caves to excavated housing

B. Piedecausa García & J.C. Pérez Sánchez

chapter |6 pages

Inventory of Outat valley ksour in Morocco

P. Rodríguez-Navarro & T. Gil Piqueras