BOOK : Today’s earthen architecture

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Good news !
The wait is over.
The book ‘Earthen architecture today’ is out in the expanded version. You can now find all the finalist projects of TERRA Award and a wonderful world map to locate each earthen construction.
And the best is always for the end. The expanded version is available in French, English and German.

To order the book, visit the website of Museo Editions!

The book Earthen architecture today gather TERRA Award
40 finalists buildings, preselected among 357 submissions.

Built in adobe, cob, compressed earth blocks, rammed earth, wattle and daub or light clay, these inspiring buildings incite to rediscover raw earth int he construction field. With a low embodied energy , this material is ecological, wealth and bargain.

Today’s earthen architecture

Author: Dominique Gazin-Müller
Language: French
Illustrations: Pauline Sémon
Edition: Museo / CRAterre
en partenariat avec amàco

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The book also highlight earthen construction techniques with fabulous detailled illustrations.
Here find this exclusive content (creative commons).

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Illustrations
Today’s earthen architecture

Illustrations: Pauline Sémon
Texts: Dominique Gauzin-Müller
Scientific commitee:Patrice Doat,
Laetitia Fontaine, Hubert Guillaud

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