Multilingual Glossary

Building with earth has gained an ever growing international dimension. Organisations and firms throughout the world are working with earth as a building material. International networking is, however, often hampered by communication difficulties.

One of our first projects, a multilingual terminology glossary, aims to redress the balance and assist professional communication at an international level. The glossary comprises 500 of the most important terms used in building with earth in six languages. The project is supported by the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (the German Agency for Technical Cooperation).

An offline version of the multilingual glossary with search function for home use (pc only) or for printing out (mac and pc) can be » ordered from the DVL on CD for the nominal cost of 15 €.

Project		Multilingual Terminology Glossary for Building with Earth French – German – English – Spanish – Russian – Italian
Project partners		Dachverband Lehm e.V. in cooperation with and with funding by the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ / BASIN
Project team		Dr.-Ing. Horst Schroeder, DVL Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Project coordination, German text and Russian) Dipl.-Ing. Heiner Lippe, DVL Architect, Hanover (French) Dipl.-Ing. Hannah Schreckenbach, DVL Architect, Magdeburg (English)
International partners		English – Linda Watson University of Plymouth, Centre of Earthen Architecture French – Hugo Houben CRATerre-EAG, Villefontaine Spanish – Erhard Rohmer Interacción Madrid Russian – Dr.-Ing. Abdukabil Tulaganov School of Architecture, Tashkent TASI Italian – Uwe Wienke Architect SiA, Perugia