Wood Architecture - Couverture rigide

Slavid, Ruth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 185669402X ISBN 13 : 9781856694025

Editeur : Laurence King Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Timber is having a renaissance as an architectural material, as more architects come to understand its properties, and enjoy adding it to their repertoire of materials. With a growing crop of good new timber buildings, architects are coming to realise that this is no longer the sole preserve of the traditionalist, but a material that has an important role to play in the contemporary world. The book's introduction examines the ways in which a raw material of diminishing quality (but abundant quantity) can be 'stretched' to perform as it has never done before using new technology and careful detailing. The 40 case studies are devoted to some of the most interesting new wood projects from around the world. The projects are grouped in seven themed chapters. Featured architects from around the world include Steven Holl, Foster and Partners, Rural Studio, Renzo Piano and Shigeru Ban.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ruth Slavid is Special Projects Editor for the Architects' Journal.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Laurence King Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 185669402X
• ISBN 13: 9781856694025
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible