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The past decade has witnessed - especially among younger architects - a resurging interest in building with wood. The discourse has in no small measure been influenced by Konrad Wachmanns classic Holzhausbau. And yet, this standard work (originally published in 1930) was out of print for many years. Now Holzhausbau is again available and appears here for the first time in an English language edition. Wachsmann demonstrates how new forms can be achieved when modern manufacturing processes are adapted to the traditional building material wood. He presents three totally different building techniques: the wood frame, the panel, and the log house methods and illustrates then their wide range of application possibilities by analysing plans and photographs of works of some of the century s most renowned architects. Two introductory essays enable the reader to take new hold of the book and a biographical sketch offers an impression of the times in which Wachsmann worked and lived.

Especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, wood as a building material has been winning new favour with the younger generation of architects. The resurgence in popularity has been influenced to a large extent by the work of Konrad Wachsmann, author of "Holzhausbau" / "Building the Wooden House". This book demonstrates how new forms can be devised when "old" building material (wood) is subjected to modern manufacturing processes. In the main body of the book, plans and photographs of a great variety of houses show how some of the century's key architects (including May, Poelzig, Schmitthenner, Scharoun, van der Velde and Wachsmann) have experimented with the material.