Over the last 30 years, interest has grown in using clay as an environmentally friendly building material that has proved its ideal sustainability for centuries. Light earth constructions, where a wooden framework or timber-framed walls are infilled with clay and fiber material, have extraordinarily solid, structural characteristics.

Earth constructions are no longer considered exotic today, which, in part, is due to this standard work. The publication presents the use of this old building material comprehensively and modernly, and contains many practical tips about simplifying...