Detail 2015 (4) Materials & Finishes ENGLISH
The character of a building can be decisively influenced by the materials used in its construction and the surfaces created. With textured-glass facade cladding and sliding elements, for example, Wiel...
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View ArticleDetail 2015 (5) Materials & Finishes
The character of a building can be decisively influenced by the materials used in its construction and the surfaces created. With textured-glass facade cladding and sliding elements, for example, Wiel...
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The most up to date structural concrete text, with the latest ACI revisions. Structural Concrete is the bestselling text on concrete structural design and analysis, providing the latest information and...
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Buildings with wide spans, such as industrial plants and warehouses, are usually built with steel. The architect must understand the specific material properties and requirements of steel as a...
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Concrete is the "modern" construction material that has helped shape the fundamental static principles of structural load bearing. Similar to masonry, concrete effectively transmits pressure downward,...
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Illustrates the Global Relevance of Sustainability Applicable to roads, bridges, and other elements of the infrastructure, Green Building with Concrete: Sustainable Design and Construction, Second...
View ArticleConcrete: Pure. Strong. Surprising
Concrete is an all-around talent, already in use in ancient Rome and since the second half of the 20th century one of the most important building materials. After a period of excess and architectural...
View ArticleDetail in Contemporary Timber Architecture
This book provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern timber architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from around the world, the book...
View ArticleLight Earth Building: A Handbook for Building with Wood and Earth
Over the last 30 years, interest has grown in using clay as an environmentally friendly building material that has proved its ideal sustainability for centuries. Light earth constructions, where a...
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For over 25 years, Marin Rauch has been at the forefront of research and development in all aspects of rammed earthed construction. As proper design with earth can only come from truly understanding...
View ArticleNew Architecture in Wood: Types and Constructions
Timber: the old raw material and building material returns.There are many reasons today for building with wood and there are great advantages over conventional designs. Wood is not only a renewable...
View ArticleConcrete Concept: Brutalist Buildings Around the World
No modern architectural movement has aroused so much awe and so much ire as Brutalism. This global survey profiles 50 brutalist beasts around the world (built between the 1950s to 1970s), and...
View ArticleBrick: A World History
This totally original architecture book – the first ever comprehensive study of brick – follows the story of brick from 5,000 bc to its use in building today, via the vast baths and basilicas of...
View ArticleArchitecture in Wood: A World History
Wood has unique qualities, yet is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However, leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental...
View ArticleThrough the Healing Glass: Shaping the Modern Body Through Glass...
In the mid-1920s a physiologist, a glass chemist, and a zoo embarked on a project which promised to turn buildings into medical instruments. The advanced chemistry of "Vita" Glass mobilised theories of...
View ArticleConcrete Design
Concrete Design covers concrete design fundamentals for architects and engineers, such as tension, flexural, shear, and compression elements, anchorage, lateral design, and footings. As part of the...
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