New Wood Architecture

Copiosamente ilustrado con más de 300 fotografías y dibujos, Nueva Arquitectura en Madera muestra más de 40 proyectos de todo el mundo por los más prestigiosos arquitectos como Shigeru Ban, Roberto Briccola, Santiago Calatrava, Steven Holl, Herzog + Partner, Herzog y de Meuron, Peter Hübner, Renzo Piano y Peter Zumthor.
Ruth Slavid examina las innovadoras formas en que actualmente se usa este material y de cómo se ha extendido su uso a las nuevas tecnologías.

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• 240 pp
• Yale University Press (11/07/2005)
• inglés
• tapa dura
• ISBN-10: 0300107943
• ISBN-13: 978-0300107944


Synopsis
Despite its legacy as a traditional building material, timber is experiencing a renaissance as contemporary architects and designers increasingly come to appreciate its sustainability, versatility, and beauty. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 photographs and drawings, New Wood Architecture features over 40 contemporary projects from around the world by leading architects including Shigeru Ban, Roberto Briccola, Santiago Calatrava, Steven Holl, Herzog + Partner, Herzog and de Meuron, Peter Hübner, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and Peter Zumthor.
Ruth Slavid examines the innovative ways timber is currently being handled and how its use has been expanded by new technologies and experiments with traditional building methods. Featured topics include wood’s natural properties in rural landscapes; its heritage as a vernacular building material; its pragmatic and cost-efficient properties; its versatility; current technological innovations such as the uses of engineered products, laminates, plywoods, and chipboards; the ways wood can be combined with other materials to enhance its structural properties; and its use as a recycled or “green” material in some of the most beautiful and experimental plans being constructed today.