Building with earth - Gernot MINKE (1)

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Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank all students, assistants
and colleagues, who have contributed to the
research and development projects in Germany,
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala,
Ecuador, Hungary, India, Nigeria and Russia. It is
owing to these efforts that this book contains
so much data and accounts of practical work
experience.
Special thanks are due to the research assistants
H. G. Merz, Ulrich Merz, Klaus Eckart, Ulla Lustig-
Rössler, Kiran Mukerji, Ulrich Boemans, Uwe
Jaensch, Dittmar Hecken, Alexander Fischer,
Arno Reich-Siggemann, Friedemann Mahlke,
Marcio Rosa d’Avila, Ernst Müller, Saskia Baden and
the technician Frank Millies, who built most
of the newly developed test apparatuses and
construction devices.
The author also wishes to thank Pawan Kumar
and Anke Lubenow, who helped in making the
drawings; Ulrich Boemans, Sigrid Köster, Uwe
Jaensch and Friedemann Mahlke, who prepared
the computer graphics; Gabrielle Pfaff, who
designed the layout; as well as Shalini Hingorani,
Rajeshwari Prakash, Sanjay Prakash and Ian Pepper
for their assistance with the translation. Last but
not least, the author expresses his gratitude to
Ria Stein and Michael Wachholz, who provided
editorial assistance and conducted image research.
Kassel, February 2006
Gernot Minke
Illustration credits
Adle, Kamran (Aga Kahn Award for Architecture):
p. 175 top and bottom
Atlas-Copco: 5.11
Anderson, Ken: p. 166
Bochow, K.-H.: 6.3
Breshna: 14.30
Bucaretchi, Maxim: p. 172 left and right; p. 173
top and bottom
CEPED: 5.26
Consolid: 6.14
Dressler, F.: 8.8
Dufter, S.: 7.1, 7.2
El Badwan, G.: 14.29
Enchantment Resort (Mii Amo): p. 187 top
Fischer, Alexander: p. 160 top and centre
Gerster-Rapho: 1.6
Glauser, Philippe: p. 174 top
Gnädinger, Alexander: cover
Gruner, D.: 1.4
Heuser: 5.12
Huber, Samuel: 192 top
Karcher, Joaquin: p. 162 top, centre right and left,
p. 163; p. 164 top, centre right and left; p. 165
Klomfar, Bruno: 192 bottom, 193
Lauber, Wolfgang: 1.9
Lorenz-Ladener, C.: 6.4
Lukas, G.: 8.9, 8.10
Mein, Trevor: p. 168 top, centre right and left;
p. 169 top and bottom
North, Graeme: p. 170 top and centre left; p. 171
Nothelfer, Michael: p. 158 top, p. 159 top, bottom
right and left
OKOKOK Productions: p. 157 top, bottom right
and left
Oliver, D.: 5.22, 5.23
Pacific Adobe: 6.15
Payne, Alan and Trish: p. 188 top, centre right
and left, bottom
Predock, Jason: p. 194 top; p. 195
Reynolds, M.: 14.4
Schijns, W.: 14.25
Sohie, Caroline: p. 184 left and right; p. 185 top
and bottom right
Süß, Andreas: p. 190 top; p. 191 top and bottom
Trappel, Ray: p. 167 top and bottom
Weller, K.: 6.16, 6.17
Wolf, S.: 5.27, 5.28
Wright, Anthony: p. 189 top and bottom
Yazdani, S.: 1.5, 14.54, 14.55
Zernike, Harry: p. 186 top and bottom, p. 187
bottom right
All other images: Minke, Gernot
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