The Barefoot Architect

A Handbook for Green Building

Johan van Lengen

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Shelter Publications
30 October 2007

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Individual architects & architectural firms

The Barefoot Architect is a book dedicated to helping economically-challenged tropical builders learn how to provide shelter, clean water, electrical energy, and sanitation by using indigenous, low-cost, sustainable building materials.

The Barefoot Architect is author Johan van Lengen's gift to the under-priveleged, ill-housed of the tropical world. As a former UN worker and successful architect, van Lengen saw the need for a book explaining in simple language, well-illustrated with lucid graphics, the process of building housing and providing a healthful environment. The theme of the book is that it is always best to search for the simplest solution with what one has on hand.

By: Johan van Lengen
Imprint: Shelter Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 45mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9780936070421
ISBN 10: 0936070420
Pages: 706
Publication Date: 30 October 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction How to Use This Manual 1. Design 2. Humid Tropics 3. Dry Tropics 4. Temperate Zone 5. Materials 6. Construction 7. Energy 8. Water 9. Sanitation 10. Appendix Materials and Heat Measurements Mixtures Climate Zones Angles Glossary Bibliography Index