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Earth Architecture Architecture En Terre DOCUMENTATION CENTRE – CENTRE DE DOCUMENTATION EARTH ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE EN TERRE ARQUITECTURA EN TIERRA BIBLIOGRAPHY FEBRUARY 2004 ICOMOS Documentation Centre 49-51, rue de la fédération 75015 Paris, France Tel : +33 1 45 67 67 70 Fax : +33 1 45 66 06 22 Email : [email protected] http://www.international.icomos.org/centre_documentation/ February 2004 ICOMOS Documentation Centre EARTH ARCHITECTURE / ARCHITECTURE EN TERRE ARQUITECTURA EN TIERRA BIBLIOGRAPHY / BIBLIOGRAPHIE / BIBLIOGRAFIA 000089 - Mud: an examination of earth architecture. Eaton, Ruth. London, The Architectural Press Ltd., 1981. p. 222-230, illus. (Architectural Review. 81,1016) (eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; historical surveys; vernacular architecture; building techniques; USA; Near and Middle East; Africa; Europe. ACCESSION NO: K-12. CALL NO: Br.C.037. 000167 - Terre, construire en terre crue dans les pays industrialisés. CRA Terre. Paris, ENSBA, 1981. 8 p, illus. (Bulletin d'informations architecturales. 61) (fre). Incl. bibl. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; building techniques; pise; properties of materials; France; German DR; Germany FR; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; USA. // CRA Terre - Centre de Recherche et d'Application Terre, Grenoble (France) ACCESSION NO: K-29. CALL NO: Br. C. 038 P. 000189 - Construction with sisal cement. Nairobi, UNCHS, 1981. p. 4, illus. (Habitat Technical Notes. 1) (eng). Incl. bibl. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; building techniques; adobe; vegetal products; Kenya. // United Nations Centre for Human Settlement ACCESSION NO: K-90. CALL NO: A.T. 145. 000360 - Preservation of historic adobe buildings. Washington, U.S Department of the Interior, 1978. p. 1-8, illus. (Preservation Briefs. 5) (eng). Incl. bibl. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; historic monuments; building techniques; conservation; coatings; deterioration; structural damage; erosion; capillary flow; maintenance; repairs; USA. ACCESSION NO: K-157. 000410 - Les Constructions gallo-romaines en terre et bois. Un sujet d'étude nouveau pour les archéologues français. Rebeyrol, Yvonne. Paris, Le Monde, 1983. 1 p. (Le Monde. 14 déc. 1983) (fre). coupure de presse / incl. glossaire. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: gallo-roman architecture; adobe; wood; urban archaeological sites; France. ACCESSION NO: 7175. 000415 - Zimbabwe: appropriate technology. Noyce, Michel. London, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1981. p. 47-49. (Riba Journal. 88,7) (eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; building techniques; building sites; domes; vaults; architecture; Zimbabwe. // Fathy, Hassan-architect ACCESSION NO: K-167. 000473 - The Palace of Leh in Laddokh: an example of Himalayan architecture in need of conservation. Jest, Corneille; Snay, John. York, Butterworth Scientific Limited, 1982. p. 179-1978, illus. (Monumentum. 25,3) (eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: historical surveys; adobe; palaces; descriptions; building materials; building techniques; interior spaces; deterioration; India; guidelines; conservation. // Palace of Leh, Laddokh (India) ACCESSION NO: K-130. 000623 - Rekonstrukcija i konzervacija baze "Centar" u Vrbasu. Mikitisin, Grozdana. Novi Sad, PIPCMSAPV, 1978-1979. p. 422-429, illus. (Materials for the study of the cultural monuments of Voyvodina. 8-9) (scr). Reconstruction and conservation of the partisan base "Centar" at Vrbas. eng. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; houses; restoration works; earth architecture; walls; reroofing; Yugoslavia. // The Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in the Socialist Autonomous Province of Voyvodina (Yugoslavia) // Vrbas, Voyvodina (Yugoslavia) ACCESSION NO: 6615. 000818 - Conservation of materials and practical applications of scientific research in restoration work. general report. Conservation des matériaux et application de la recherche scientifique à la restauration. Rapport général (fre). Feilden, Bernard M. ICOMOS. Roma, ICOMOS, 1981. p. 267-302. ("Nessun futuro senza passato") (various texts in fre, eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: conservation of materials; traditional techniques; damage; pollution; vibrations; conservation techniques; scientific research; chemicals; stone; mortar; brick; adobe; wood. ACCESSION NO: 6606. 000819 - Traditional materials and the necessity of environmental "constants" in sardinian architecture. Kirova, Tatiana K. Rome, Icomos, 1981. p. 303-316, illus. ("Nessun futuro senza passato") (eng). Les Matériaux traditionnels et la nécessité de "constants" de l'environnement dans l'architecture sarde. fre. Los Materiales tradicionales y la necesidad de "constantes" ambientales en la arquitectura sarda. spa. Tradicionnye sardiskie materialy i neohodimost' ctoby oni nahodilis' v postojannoj okruzajuscey srede. rus. I Materiali tradizionali e la necessità di "costanti" ambientali nell'architettura sarda. ita. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; building materials; traditional techniques; polychromy; adobe; stone; facings; conservation of materials; environment; Italy. // ICOMOS // Sardegna (Italy) ACCESSION NO: 6606. 000830 - O Locuinta-bordei apartinînd culturii Starcevo-Cris din asezarea de la Suplacu de Barcau (j. Bihor). Une Chaumière appartenant à la culture Starcevo-Cris de Suplacu de Barcau (fre). Ignat, Doina. Oradea, Muzeul Tarii Crisurilor, 1980. p. 521-531, illus. (Crisia. 80,x) (rom). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: archaeological sites; prehistoric art; earth architecture; domestic architecture; pottery; Romania. // Suplacu de Barcau, Bihor, Transilvania (Romania) ACCESSION NO: K-450. 000887 - Contributii la istoria tracilor din nord-vestul Romîniei; asezarea Wietenberg de la Dersida. Contributions à l'histoire des Thraces du Nord-Ouest de la Roumanie; l'établissement [site] de la culture Wietenberg (fre). Chidiosan, Nicolae. Oradea, Muzeul Tarii Crisurilor, 1980. 136 p, illus., 29,7 cm. (rom). Incl. bibl. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: archaeological sites; prehistoric art; earth architecture; pottery; archaeological finds; bronze; historical surveys; Romania. // Dersida, Transilvania (Romania) ACCESSION NO: 6445. 000965 - Travaux de la RCP 624 dans la région d'El Hown en Syrie. Desfarges,P.; Jarno, R.; Roumi,M.; Taha, A. Valbonne, CNRS, 1982. p. 85-98, illus. (Lettre d'Information Archéologie Orientale. 5) (fre). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; stone; mortar; adobe; Syrian AR. // CRA - Centre de Recherches Archéologiques (France) // CNRS - Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (France) // El Kown (Syrian AR) ACCESSION NO: K-120. CALL NO: A.T.216. 001013 - Villages chypriotes. Ioannides, Constantinos P. Strasbourg, Conseil de l'Europe, 1983. p. 5, illus. (Un Avenir pour notre passé. 20) (frealso in eng). The Rural architectural heritage in Cyprus. eng. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture; clay; slate; balconies; adobe; limestone; stone; cob; flat roofs; villages; town planning; timber-framing; Cyprus. ACCESSION NO: K-18. CALL NO: A.T. 219. 001046 - Briques apparentes et enduits dans l'architecture traditionnelle de la région toulousaine. Costa, Georges. Paris, CNRS, 1983. p. 115-122, illus. (Revue de l'Art. 58/59) (fre). Incl. bibl. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: brick; vernacular architecture; lime; adobe; mortar; building materials; France. // Toulouse (France) ACCESSION NO: K-164. CALL NO: A.T. 225 P. 001098 - Techniques and materials : material and structural behaviour of soil constructed walls. Hughes, Richard. York, ICOMOS, 1983. p. 175-188, illus. (Monumentum. 26,3) (eng). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; structural surveys; reinforcement; conservation techniques; properties of materials; durability; strength of materials; permeability. ACCESSION NO: K-130. 001103 - Sites et inquiétudes : architecture de terre : monuments et sites de l'oasis de Turfan (Xinjiang) sur la route de la soie. Stevens, André. York, ICOMOS, 1983. p. 45-69, illus. (Monumentum. 26,1) (fre). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: adobe; conservation in situ; listing of historic monuments; stupas; monasteries; temples; rock art sites; archaeological sites; China. // Turfan, Xinjiang (China) ACCESSION NO: K-130. 001109 - Pour la sauvegarde de Moenjodaro : un appel du Directeur Général. Paris, Unesco, 1983. p. 1-2, 12. (Les Nouvelles de l'Unesco = Unesco News. 99) (frealso in eng). For the safeguarding of Moenjodaro : an appeal by the Director-General. eng. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: world cultural heritage; international campaigns; architecture history; adobe; Pakistan. // Unesco // Moenjodaro (Pakistan) ACCESSION NO: K-149. 001391 - Mohendjo-Daro : cinq mille ans d'histoire en péril. Tupper, Patricio. Paris, Unesco, 1983. p. 1-6, illus. (Informations Unesco. 787-788) (fre). PRIMARY KEYWORDS: international campaigns; world heritage list; historical surveys; archaeological sites; archaeological excavations; restoration works; adobe; public and civic architecture; houses. SECONDARY KEYWORDS: Pakistan. // Unesco // Mohendjo-Daro (Pakistan) ACCESSION NO: K-109. 002191 - Glimt af boligteknologiens udvikling i middelalderen. Resultater af en nodudgravning i Koge. Pedersen, Lisbeth. Fredningsstyrelsen, Copenhagen, 1982. p. 138- 149, illus. (Antikvariske studier. 5) (dan). Evidence of the development of building technology in the middle ages. Results of a rescue excavation in Koge, Zealand. eng. Incl. drawings. PRIMARY KEYWORDS: archaeological sites; houses; historical surveys; building techniques; wood; half-timberings; posts; adobe; Denmark. // Koge (Denmark) ACCESSION NO: K-250. 002257 - Strutture architettoniche in legno di alcune chiese brasiliane dello stato di Sao Paulo. Problemi di conservazione e restauro. Trotta, Giampaolo. 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