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Post-war building materials in housing in Brussels 1945-1975
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ISBN: 9789491912047 9491912046 Year: 2015 Publisher: Brussel : VUB,


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Martin Rauch, refined earth : construction & design with rammed earth
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ISBN: 9783955532734 3955532739 Year: 2015 Publisher: Munich : Detail - Institut für internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH & Co. KG,

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For over 25 years, Martin 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 the material, he would now like to share his experience and knowledge of this construction material in a design manual. The publication goes beyond projects to focus on structural elements, such as the design and layout of floors, walls, ceilings and openings, which are clearly explained with detailed project information from structures previously realised by Martin Rauch. Various examples help to illustrate how to overcome structural engineering difficulties in earth construction and the design possibilities that result from these solutions.


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Frame
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ISBN: 9788997603312 9788997603329 8997603329 9788997603305 8997603302 Year: 2015 Publisher: Seoul Equal Book

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This volume features eighteen new works by Japanese architects with a diverse range of functions and typologies, illustrated through numerous photos and drawings, and accompanied by detailed project data and descriptions. All of the projects are located in Japan, and include Ashikita Community Hall by Workstation, Ryuichi Ashizawa's Ecoton Hotel in Biwa Lake, Shore House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, Lupicia Shiga Factory by Nobuaki Furuya/NASCA, Takeshi Yamagata Architects' Chojyabashi Building, Narihana Restaurant by Amano Design Office, and more. Each explores how the device of the frame is applied in architecture.


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Plastics now : on architecture's relationship to a continuously emerging material
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ISBN: 9781138804500 9781138804517 1138804509 1138804517 Year: 2015 Publisher: Oxon Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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"Plastics Now addresses one primary question: why do we build with plastics the way that we do? For decades, plastics have been described over and over again as "the future," yet we still do not know precisely what to do with them. Billie Faircloth argues that this inertia is due to plastics' indecipherability, which has prevented them from becoming fully known. The author tracks the process by which plastics became defined as a class of building materials. Drawing on original data from industry press, original timelines, hundreds of historical and contemporary images, advertisements dating to the 1940s, and technical data, this unconventional book explores the emergence of plastics as a building material and presents new findings. Plastics Now takes a provocative approach that calls on architects to participate in the redefinition of plastics for our time. This is essential reading for professional architects and architecture students to engage with our shared history with the plastics industry."--Cover.


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100 contemporary wood buildings
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ISBN: 9783836542814 3836542811 Year: 2015 Publisher: Cologne Taschen

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"Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous resurgence in contemporary construction. This double-volume survey explores how architects around the world have created and invented with this elementary material. Featuring follies, very large buildings, and ambitious urban renewal schemes, it celebrates the diverse deployment of wood from architects in China, Chile, and everywhere in between. We see how wood can at once transform urban spaces, as in the Metropol Parasol in Seville by Jürgen Mayer H, and allow for sensitive interventions in natural environments, as at the Finnish Forest Research Institute by SARC Architects, or the Termas Geométricas Hot Springs Complex by Germán del Sol. True to all Taschen architecture tomes, the book pays tribute to many emerging international talents, as well as to such renowned figures as Tadao Ando to Renzo Piano. It celebrates each of these architect's vision and innovation, as well as investigating the techniques, trends, and principles that have informed their work with wood. It examines the computer guided milling that has allowed for novel new forms, the responsible harvesting that allows wood to align with our environmental concerns, and, above all, wood's enduring appeal to our senses and our psyche, comforting hectic modern lives with a sense of Arcadian beauty and simplicity."--provided by publisher.

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