The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future

Author:   Jean Dethier ,  Marc Walter
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN:  

9780500343579


Pages:   512
Publication Date:   27 February 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jean Dethier ,  Marc Walter
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight:   3.140kg
ISBN:  

9780500343579


ISBN 10:   0500343578
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   27 February 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part I: Construction Practices: Traditional and modern techniques • Part II: From Antiquity to Enlightenment: a geo-cultural approach • Part III: Vernacular Architecture – Living testimonials: a typological approach to traditions • Part IV: Modernity: From 1789 to 1979, a chronological approach

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'With its stunning images, this book convincingly demonstrates that the renaissance of earth architecture is no longer merely a pipe dream, but has become a tangible ecological reality - and this is very much thanks to the active militancy of its authors ... it reveals an astonishing multitude of homes, architectural archetypes and cities built in the very earth that anchors them' - Jean-Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York University Institute of Fine Arts


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Jean Dethier has dedicated his life to the research, safeguarding and development of raw earth architecture around the world. Winner of the prestigious ‘Grand Prix d’Architecture’ in 1987, Dethier also sat on the jury of the 2016 international ‘Terra Award’, the first international prize for contemporary earthen structures. Photographer and designer Marc Walter has contributed to many publications, including A Taste for the Exotic, The Great Family Houses of Europe and Empire Style, all published by Thames & Hudson.

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