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Appropriate Building Materials: a Catalogue of Potential Solutions
(SKAT; 1988; 430 pages)
Preface
Introduction
Aim of this catalogue
Choice of appropriate building materials
Acknowledgements
Fundamental information on building materials
Stone
Earth, soil, laterite
Soil stabilizers
Fired clay products
Binders
Lime
Cement
Pozzolanas
Concrete
Ferrocement
Fibre and micro concrete
Natural fibres, grasses, leaves
Bamboo
Timber
Metals
Glass
Plastics
Sulphur
Wastes
Fundamental information on building elements
Foundations
Floors and ceilings
Walls
Roofs
Building systems
Fundamental information on protective measures
Biological agents
Fire
Wind and rain
Earthquakes
Examples of foundation materials
Natural stone foundations
Rammed earth foundations
Burnt brick foundations
Concrete foundations
Split-bamboo piles
Wooden post foundation
Examples of floor materials
Stabilized earth floors
Burnt clay and concrete components
Precast concrete ceiling components
Bamboo floors
Timber floors
Sulphur concrete floors
Common floor finishes
Examples of wall materials
Stone masonry blocks walls
Rammed earth walls
Compressed soil blocks walls
Bamboo reinforced earth walls
Burnt clay brick walls
Concrete hollow block walls
Bamboo walls
Timber panel walls
Sulphur concrete walls
Walls from agro-waste
Examples of roof materials
Earth reel roofs
Soil brick roof
Clay tile roofs
Gypsum-sisal conoid
Precast concrete channel roof
Ferrocement roofs
Corrugated fibre concrete roofing sheets
Fibre and micro concrete tiles
Durable thatch with stiff-stem grasses
Bamboo roof structure
Pole timber roof structures
Bamboo and wood shingles
Corrugated metal sheet roofiing
Examples of building systems
Mud brick vaults and domes
Earthquake resistant mud/bamboo structures
Adobe brick house
Modular framed earth block construction
Lok Bild system
Concrete panel house
Ferrocement housing units
Fibracreto building system
Bamboocrete construction
Bamboo houses
Prefabricated timber hut
Prefabricated wooden house
Timber houses for flood areas
Rha-lime prototype house
Annexes
Machines and equipment
Conversion factors for si-units
Useful addresses
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Examples of foundation materials
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