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Author Lennartz, Marc Wilhelm, author.

Title New architecture in wood : forms and structures / Marc Wilhelm Lennartz, Susanne Jacob-Freitag ; translation from German into English, Philip Thrift.

Publication Info. Basel : Birkhäuser, [2016]

Item Status

Edition [English language edition].
Description 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, plans
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Summary "Building with wood is currently enjoying a comeback. The reasons for the return of this ancient construction material are manifold. More than just being a renewable material that stores the carbon dioxide so damaging to the climate, it also has excellent structural properties, creates an ideal interior climate, and is easily combined with all other common building materials. The diverse applications can draw on expertise with wooden structures gained over centuries plus current research into modern timber engineering. Significant new developments in this specialist discipline have been seen in recent decades, especially in the German-speaking countries. The twenty-four international projects in this book outline the diversity now possible in contemporary timber construction and highlight the advantages of wood over conventional forms of building. Texts, photographs, and drawings reveal both the architectural and engineering qualities of these modern timber structures - from design concepts to load-bearing aspects to design"--Back cover.
Contents Public buildings -- Sports and leisure facilities -- Multi-storey buildings -- Infill developments and additional storeys -- Special structures.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language Translated from the original German into English.
Subject Building, Wooden -- History -- 21st century.
Building, Wooden.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
Architecture, Modern.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Jacob-Freitag, Susanne, author.
Thrift, Philip, translator.
Added Title Neues Bauen mit Holz. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015069464
Other Form: Print version: Lennartz, Marc Wilhelm. Neues Bauen mit Holz. English. New architecture in wood. [English language edition]. Basel : Birkhäuser, [2016] 9783035604542 (DLC) 2015043278 (OCoLC)913337271
ISBN 9783035604580 (electronic book)
3035604584 (electronic book)
9783035604542
3035604541
3035604606
3035604592