Earthen Dwellings and Structures: Current Status in Their Adoption
暫譯: 土壤建築與結構：當前採用狀況

本書呈現了在印度科學研究所班加羅爾舉行的國際土壤結構研討會上發表的選定論文。本卷中的論文涵蓋了土壤結構的主題，包含有關材料與方法、結構設計與抗震性能、耐久性、抗震反應、氣候反應、濕熱性能與耐久性、設計與規範、建築、遺產與保護，以及技術傳播的技術內容。本書將對建築與工程領域的專業人士、學者和學生有所幫助。

B. V. Venkatarama Reddy is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and the Chairman of the Centre for Sustainable Technologies in Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He holds a doctorate in structural engineering from IISC, where he has been working since 1979. He has a strong interest in structural masonry, mechanics of materials, energy in buildings, green buildings, low carbon construction materials, and recycling of solid wastes into construction materials, and has jointly authored a book on alternative building materials and technologies, edited a couple of books on masonry, and developed a large number of low embodied carbon construction materials and techniques. Prof Reddy has served as consultant for several innovative projects on alternative building technologies and as a member of several technical committees in Bureau of Indian Standards and other government agencies. He was the DAAD Visiting professor at Bauhaus University, Germany and a Visiting Professor at University of Bath, UK. He is a member of many professional bodies including the Indian Concrete Institute, ISCEAH, IC-NOCMAT, British Masonry Society and RILEM.
Monto Mani is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Sustainable Technologies and Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing in IISc Bangalore. He is an Architect, with a master's degree in Civil Engineering. As part of his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, he developed a systems-framework identifying societal attitude as a critical determinant of sustainability. Dr Monto's research deals with the interdisciplinary domain of sustainability science, specifically focusing on its theoretical basis, and application in the architecture and design of buildings- his Sustainability and Design lab (SuDesi) comprises multi-disciplinary researchers working in diverse areas of sustainability. He is best known for his contributions in functional performance of buildings, PV performance and building integration (BIPV) and sustainability evaluation in design. He has extensive interdisciplinary publications pertaining to sustainability.
Prof. Pete Walker is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK), and has been Director of the BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials at the University of Bath since 2006. He has published over 250 articles on his research work on natural building materials, covering earthen construction, crop-based building materials and timber engineering. He teaches materials and structural engineering to undergraduate and postgraduate civil engineering and architecture students at the University of Bath.

B. V. Venkatarama Reddy 是印度科學院（IISc）班加羅爾土木工程系的教授及可持續技術中心的主任。他擁有結構工程的博士學位，自1979年以來一直在IISc工作。他對結構砌體、材料力學、建築能耗、綠色建築、低碳建築材料以及將固體廢物回收為建築材料有濃厚的興趣，並共同撰寫了一本有關替代建築材料和技術的書籍，編輯了幾本有關砌體的書籍，並開發了大量低碳足跡的建築材料和技術。Reddy教授曾擔任多個替代建築技術創新項目的顧問，並作為印度標準局及其他政府機構的多個技術委員會成員。他曾是德國包豪斯大學的DAAD訪問教授，以及英國巴斯大學的訪問教授。他是多個專業機構的成員，包括印度混凝土學會、ISCEAH、IC-NOCMAT、英國砌體學會和RILEM。

Monto Mani 是印度科學院班加羅爾可持續技術中心及產品設計與製造中心的副教授。他是一名建築師，擁有土木工程碩士學位。在印度理工學院馬德拉斯分校攻讀博士學位期間，他開發了一個系統框架，將社會態度確定為可持續性的關鍵因素。Monto博士的研究涉及可持續性科學的跨學科領域，特別專注於其理論基礎及在建築設計中的應用——他的可持續性與設計實驗室（SuDesi）由多學科研究人員組成，專注於可持續性各個領域。他以在建築的功能性能、光伏性能及建築整合（BIPV）以及設計中的可持續性評估方面的貢獻而聞名。他在可持續性相關的跨學科出版物方面有著豐富的經驗。

Pete Walker教授是英國結構工程師學會的院士，自2006年以來一直擔任巴斯大學BRE創新建築材料中心的主任。他在自然建築材料的研究工作上發表了超過250篇文章，涵蓋了土建、作物基建材料和木材工程。他在巴斯大學教授材料和結構工程，面向本科生和研究生的土木工程及建築學學生。