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Composite materials can lead to lighter, stronger, more durable, and better thermally performing buildings that have new formal possibilities. This book, the first to be published about this new class of materials as used in architecture, describes the technology underpinning composite materials, assesses their applicability to architecture, and surveys notable built examples throughout the globe. Projects by Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid, Snohetta, Herzog & de Meuron, Morphosis, SHoP, Kengo Kuma, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro utilizing composite materials have recently been completed throughout the world. This book showcases those noteworthy new projects with photographs, explanatory text, drawings, diagrams, and construction photographs.

691.8 --- Bouwmaterialen ; composieten --- Materialen ; composieten --- Kunststoffen; vezelversterkt --- Typologie des matériaux --- Construction --- Conception architecturale --- Fibre --- Eléments d'architecture --- 691 --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Materialen (design) --- Composietmaterialen

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What is "good" architecture ? This seemingly simple question is connected to a wide range of criteria - just like the radical quest for "good" food, which has produced a wealth of insights over the past few decades. This book showcases buildings based on simple technology, good craftsmanship, and a careful choice of local and natural materials, as well as local development initiatives, which demonstrate excellence in building quality, landscape restoration, and community revitalisation. The selection of case studies is broad and definitely unconventional: it encompasses Europe and Japan, and it privileges lesser-known authors, unobtrusive works, and marginal localities where radically fresh attitudes have been able to develop.

72:502 --- 691.1 --- 691.11 --- 691.12 --- 691.4 --- Vernaculaire ; traditionele ; synthese met hedendaagse architectuur --- Duurzame architectuur --- 691 --- Architectuur en natuur(bescherming) --- Bouwmaterialen ; van organische oorsprong --- Bouwmaterialen ; hout --- Bouwmaterialen ; plantenstengels, stro, riet, bamboe --- Bouwmaterialen ; leem, klei, aardewerk --- Materialen (design) --- Bouwmaterialen van organische oorsprong --- Hout --- Bamboe --- Stro --- Building materials. Building technology --- Architecture --- sustainable architecture --- Architecture durable --- Construction durable --- Éco-matériaux --- Architecture durable. --- Sustainable architecture --- Construction durable. --- Sustainable construction --- Éco-matériaux. --- éco-matériaux

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Infra-lightweight concrete combines the structural and thermal insulation functions of the building envelope in one monolithic material, thus providing new design options. The handbook is a practical guide to building with this new type of material. The architects and structural engineers of the interdisciplinary team of authors combine their findings from many years of research, including from a project in which the team investigated the architectural and structural potential of infra-lightweight concrete in multi-story residential buildings. In addition to essential information on designing with the material, including construction details, and an overview of the building physics properties, practical advice on building details is provided in the form of sizing tables and numerous details from various projects. Infraleichtbeton ist ein Beton mit sehr geringer Rohdichte, der sowohl die tragende als auch die wärmedämmende Funktion der Gebäudehülle in einem monolithischen Material vereint. Sichtbetonbauten aus Infraleichtbeton können im Hinblick auf die Nachhaltigkeitsdiskussion, den Klimawandel und die Energiewende alternative Lösungsansätze bieten und darüber hinaus mit ihrem gestalterischen Anspruch einen Beitrag zur Baukultur leisten. Das Buch soll als Planungshilfe und Leitfaden für die Anwendung von Infraleichtbeton in der Praxis dienen. Es basiert auf Erkenntnissen aus langjähriger Forschung sowie einem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt, in dem Architekten und Bauingenieure gemeinsam die architektonischen und konstruktiven Potenziale von Infraleichtbeton im Geschosswohnungsbau ausgelotet haben. Die Autoren stellen Ansätze für den materialgerechten Entwurf, die konstruktive Durchbildung und die Bemessung vor. Außerdem bieten sie einen Überblick über die bauphysikalischen Eigenschaften des Materials und geben Hinweise zur Bauausführung. Mit zahlreichen Leitdetails, Projekt- und Bemessungsbeispielen stellt dieses Handbuch erstmals eine praktische Anleitung für Planer, Bauherren und Baufirmen zur Verfügung, die mit diesem neuartigen Hochleistungsleichtbeton planen und bauen möchten.

691.3 --- 693.5 --- Beton ; constructies ; handboeken --- 691.3 Artificial stone. Concrete. Various agglomerates --- Artificial stone. Concrete. Various agglomerates --- Betonbouw --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststeen, beton --- Lightweight concrete --- Béton léger --- Lightweight concrete. --- Building materials. --- Architectural design. --- Béton --- Thermique --- Isolation thermique --- Structure --- Hormigón ligero --- ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials. --- Building materials --- Architectural design --- Structure légère --- Béton léger

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Bricks are the only non-natural building material that can look back at several thousand years of history. And as Mies van der Rhohe stated: "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins". Buildings made of this fabric from very different epochs and cultures all over the world are always astonishing, and the world's best architects have explored the qualities of brickwork. A key characteristic for its success since time immemorial has always been easy planning through the standardization of production and the resulting harmonized construction process. Amazing constructive qualities, inexpensive and at the same time environmentally friendly production as well as the longevity are among the qualities that are particularly valued today. In this volume, historical and contemporary brick edifices are featured showing the wide range of possible applications and design possibilities.

691.4 --- 691 --- 72.03 --- Baksteen --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Materialen (design) --- Architectuur (geschiedenis) --- Architectuurgeschiedenis --- Building, Brick --- Bricks --- Architecture --- Brique --- Terre cuite --- 693.2 --- Baksteenarchitectuur --- Bouwmaterialen ; baksteen ; geschiedenis --- Metselwerk van baksteen --- Bouwmaterialen ; leem, klei, aardewerk --- Constructions en brique --- Building, Brick. --- Constructions en brique.

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Complexity in architecture, construction and material manipulation is constantly increasing due to our present ability to design, calculate and fabricate an extending range of geometric shapes and systems. This volume addresses the design of complexity in the planning, fabrication and construction of steel structures based on non-orthogonal geometries: curved and chaotic geometries, poly-diagrid systems, lattice-grid structures and others. Topical photographs by the author on a wide range of international projects present innovative methods and techniques, providing an excellent understanding of the possibilities and requirements of complex steel structures.

691 --- 691.7 --- 693.8 --- Staal ; constructies ; structurele details --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Staal --- Staalconstructies --- Staalconstructies. Metaalconstructies --- Bouwmaterialen ; metalen --- Steel, Structural --- Building, Iron and steel --- Steel framing (Building) --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Acier de construction --- Construction métallique --- Charpentes métalliques --- Théorie des constructions --- Construction en acier --- Construction en métal --- Géométrie consructive