Beschreibung: 

Hubert Feiglstorfer is an architect and associated scientist at the Institute for Social Anthropology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. He also teaches in the fields of building history and building research at the Vienna University of Technology and earth building research at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. He is member of ICOMOS-Austria (International Council on Monuments) and board member of ICOMOS Executive Committee ISCEAH (International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage) and member of IVA/ICRA (Institute for Comparative Research in Architecture). Earth construction and tradition is a series of publications with a wide spectrum in the field of building with earth on an international scope. The publication deals with modern and historic architecture as well and gives a certain focus on building traditions, be it in their original, developed or newly defined form. The contributions are subdivided in four groups which define the structure of the book: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, CONSERVATION, RECENT ARCHITECTURE, MATERIAL RESEARCH