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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 andbottom

Atlas-Copco: 5 .11

Anderson, Ken: p. 166

Bochow, K.-H.: 6.3

Breshna: 14.30

Bucaretchi, Maxim: p. 172 leftand right; p. 173

topand 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 topand centre

Gerster-Rapho: 1. 6

Glauser, Philippe: p. 174 t o p

Gnädinger, Alexander: cover

Gruner, D.: 1. 4

Heuser: 5 .12

Huber, Samuel: 192 top

Karcher, Joaquin: p. 162 top, centre rightand left,

p. 163; p. 164 top, centre rightand 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 rightand left;

p. 169 topand bottom

North, Graeme: p. 170 topand centre left; p. 171

Nothelfer, Michael:p. 158 top, p. 159 top, bottom

rightand 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 leftand right; p. 185 top

and bottom right

Süß, Andreas: p. 190 top; p. 191 topand bottom

Trappel, Ray: p. 167 topand bottom

Weller, K.:6 .16 , 6 .17

Wolf, S.: 5.27, 5.28

Wright, Anthony: p. 189 topand bottom

Yazdani, S.: 1.5, 14.54, 14.55

Zernike, Harry: p. 186 topand bottom, p. 187

bottom right

All other images: Minke, Gernot

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