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Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Wolf Schijns
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Description for Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
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More than one third of the world's population lives in houses made of unfired earth bricks or stamped earth, materials also known as mud brick, adobe , terre crue , pisé , or rammed earth. Houses in the middle east have been made out this material for at least 10,000 years, but in many places this form of architecture is slowly being superceded by more recent building techniques using reinforced concrete and concrete blocks. This study contains a description of the remaining mud brick architecture in several villages in the ... Read more
More than one third of the world's population lives in houses made of unfired earth bricks or stamped earth, materials also known as mud brick, adobe , terre crue , pisé , or rammed earth. Houses in the middle east have been made out this material for at least 10,000 years, but in many places this form of architecture is slowly being superceded by more recent building techniques using reinforced concrete and concrete blocks. This study contains a description of the remaining mud brick architecture in several villages in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
63
Condition
New
Number of Pages
63
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842170595
SKU
V9781842170595
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About Wolf Schijns
by Wolf Schijns, with contributions from Olaf Kaper and Joris Kila
Reviews for Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
There have been few publications on the subject and this monograph is a welcome addition.'
Ancient Egypt Magazine Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, and the 0Design of the Dakhleh Oasis Training and Conservation Centre This monograph makes a valuable contribution to the subject.'
PalArch's Journal of Egyptology 7.3 Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, ... Read more
Ancient Egypt Magazine Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, and the 0Design of the Dakhleh Oasis Training and Conservation Centre This monograph makes a valuable contribution to the subject.'
PalArch's Journal of Egyptology 7.3 Vernacular Mudbrick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, ... Read more