Constructing Shadows: Pergolas, Pavilions, Tents, Cables, and Plants - Couverture rigide

Petschek, Peter; Gass, Siegfried; Collectif

 
9783034607148: Constructing Shadows: Pergolas, Pavilions, Tents, Cables, and Plants
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ISBN 10 : 3034607148 ISBN 13 : 9783034607148
Editeur : Birkhauser, 2011

Synopsis

Trees are ideal sources of shade; where they cannot be used, their function is taken over by tents, pergolas, and pavilions. In the context of global warming, shade-providing construction is becoming an increasingly important building task. In Part One of this book, specialists in the field present the typical forms of shade-providing construction as well as the design approach associated with each. Part Two presents easily consultable overviews of 140 plants that have proven to be effective givers of shade in temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones. Part Three presents thirty built projects by celebrated architects and landscape architects from five continents. These constructions illustrate a wide variety of functions and scales and cover various climatic zones and cultural contexts. All structures are constructionally and systematically analyzed with texts, true-to-scale drawings, and photographs from their foundations to their connections and the shadows they cast.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Trees are ideal sources of shade; where they cannot be used, their function is taken over by tents, pergolas, and pavilions. In the context of global warming, shade-providing construction is becoming an increasingly important building task. In Part One of this book, specialists in the field present the typical forms of shade-providing construction as well as the design approach associated with each. Part Two presents easily consultable overviews of 140 plants that have proven to be effective givers of shade in temperate, subtropical, and tropical zones. Part Three presents thirty built projects by celebrated architects and landscape architects from five continents. These constructions illustrate a wide variety of functions and scales and cover various climatic zones and cultural contexts. All structures are constructionally and systematically analyzed with texts, true-to-scale drawings, and photographs from their foundations to their connections and the shadows they cast.

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Éditeur
Birkhauser
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3034607148
ISBN 13 
9783034607148
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
248
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  3038211893 ISBN 13 :  9783038211891
Editeur : Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2011
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