Contents

Abstracts in French, Italian and Spanish

 

Measures for reducing the effects of moisture on expansion and constraction processes and on loss of strength in industrially produced adobe bricks

Dr.-Ing. Anne Tretau

 

Rapid Freeze/Thaw Durability Testing of Clay Bricks

Ph. D., PE John P. Sanders; Ph. D., PE Denis A. Brosnan

 

Causes and avoidance of damage on account of diffusion-dependent reactions in the preheating zone of tunnel kilns

Dipl-Ing. Michael Ruppik

 

Process-oriented emission retention mechanisms for organic and anorganic air pollutants

Dipl.-Ing. Walter Rieger, Chem.-Ing. Ludwig Pointner, o.Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. Boller

 

The energy-efficient clay brick house

Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Lehmden

 

The beautiful art of building with bricks – the empathetic relationship of the architects with clay bricks

Prof. Dr. Falk Jaeger

 

Architecture and digital fabrication

Prof. Fabio Gramazio, Prof. Matthias Kohler

 

A brick tower in Bhaktapur, Nepal – brick designs from Frankfurt meet traditional Newar building methods

Prof. Dr. Niels Gutschow, Prof. Wolfgang Rang

 

Important aspects of new standards and directives for the clay brick and tile industry

Dipl.-Ing. Dieter Rosen

 

Current research – Report from the Brick and Tile Research Institute

Dipl.-Ing. Eckhard Rimpel

 

Tables for production management

 

Documentation on international technical articles relating to the heavy clay industry

Dipl.-Ing. Anett Fischer

 

Calendar of Events

 

Organization of the TBE (Fédération Européenne des Fabricants de Tuiles et de Briques)

 

Organization of the Brick and Tile Industry in the Federal Republic of Germany

 

Technical News

 

Suppliers’ Section

 

Index of Firms

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