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The Barefoot Architect Book

Barefoot Architect A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, including design (siting, orientation, climate consideration), materials (sisal, cactus, bamboo, earth), and implementation. The author emphasizes throughout the book what is inexpensive and sustainable. Included are sections discussing urban planning, small-scale energy production, cleaning and storing drinking water, and dealing with septic waste, and all information is applied to three distinct tropical regions: humid...Read More

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    The Barefoot Architect : Paperback : Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S. : 9780936070421 : 0936070420 : 28 Oct 2007 : A former U.N. worker and prominent architect clearly explains every aspect of taking a greener approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates--including design, materials, and implementation. Hundreds of explanatory drawings by van Lengen allow even novice builders to get started.

  • Blackwell

    A former U.N. worker and prominent architect clearly explains every aspect of taking a greener approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates--including design, materials, and implementation. Hundreds of explanatory drawings by van Lengen...

  • 0936070420
  • 9780936070421
  • Johan van Lengen
  • 30 June 2007
  • Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 720
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