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This paper highlights the combination of use of stabilized earth blocks as an indigenous material for construction and composite building materials in Nigeria, and further stressed that the...
Discussion on section 1 (Design and Construction Technologies) and section 2 (Dissemination and Implementation) with noted from field visits to National House Building Research Institute, Dhaka;...
This article describes research into affordable housing in Ethiopia by implementing architectural prototypes. The use of architectural prototypes in the development process is discussed in terms...
This research in Building Ethiopia - Sustainability and Innovation in Architecture and Design (volume I) poses an attempt to understand the dwelling typologies in the city of Addis Ababa in order...
This document is written for building professionals with two key objectives: 1. To improve the understanding of the poor seismic performance of reinforced concrete frame buildings with masonry...
Adobe mud blocks are one of the oldest and most widely used building materials. Use of these sun-dried blocks dates back to 8000 B. C. (Houben and Guillard 1994). The use of adobe is very common...
Guidelines regarding housing typologies in Guatemala, with a special focus on adobe brick house. Buildings made of adobe brick masonry can still be found in all parts of Guatemala both in rural...
Guidelines regarding housing typologies in Guatemala, with a special focus on confined masonry buildings with concrete blocks, tie-columns and beams. The February 1976 earthquake caused severe...
Recent devastating losses in earthquakes to housing around the world highlight the need to share information on building construction practices and strengthening technologies. The Earthquake...