Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3764386312 ISBN 13: 9783764386313

Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2008

Synopsis

<P>This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. </P> <P>Organized into chapters on "Raw Materials/Building Materials (Modules)," "Building Components (Elements)," "Building Methods (Structures)," and "Buildings (Examples)," the book now includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass. The chapter on "Building Elements" now includes a discussion of facades, and the chapter on "Structures" has been expanded to cover "Principles of Space Creation." The examples section now includes extensive documentation of current projects whose systematic character is oriented around the production process.</P> <P>Experience with the preceding edition has shown that the book has become an indispensable handbook for reference and reading not only for students and teachers but also for architects.</P>

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About the Author

<P>Andrea Deplazes is a professor of architecture and construction at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich). As co-owner of the architectural firm Bearth + Deplazes in Chur, Switzerland, his renown extends far beyond Switzerland s borders.</P>

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764386312
• ISBN 13: 9783764386313
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 555
• Editor: Deplazes Andrea