Cob construction in Italy: Some lessons from the past

Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3291-3308

  Quagliarini, Enrico ^a   Stazi, Alessandro ^a   Pasqualini, Erio ^a   Fratalocchi, Evelina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bauge; Cob; Conservation; Earthen building technology; Initial mechanical properties; Raw earth architecture; Reuse; Workmanlike

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855977916     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su2103291     Document Type: Article

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