New architecture in wood : forms and structures / Marc Wilhelm Lennartz, Susanne Jacob-Freitag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennartz, Marc Wilhelm, author.

Jacob-Freitag, Susanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building, Wooden--History--21st century.

Building, Wooden.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 recurso en línea (184 páginas) : ilustraciones

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, 2016.

Summary:

Timber: the old raw material and building material returns. There are many reasons today for building with wood and there are great advantages over conventional designs. Wood is not only a renewable building material that helps reduce the levels of CO2 and is hence good for climate change, but, due to modern computing and manufacturing processes, it can also be used for a variety of construction tasks. Wood possesses excellent qualities for both construction and indoor climate control, and can easily be combined with other common building materials. Based on 24 international projects, the book provides an overview of the range of possibilities in wood construction today. Texts, images, and plans document the architectural and constructive qualities of contemporary timber structures from the conceptual design to the structure in detail. The various uses are based on current research in modern timber engineering but also on timber construction expertise that has been developing over many centuries. This special discipline has evolved significantly in recent decades, particularly in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and is a world leader today.

Contents:

Front matter

Inhalt

Preface

Looking for the origins of modern timber construction

WIPO conference hall, Geneva

Elephant house, Zurich

G3 Shopping Resort, Gerasdorf

Warehouse, Philippsburg

Railway operations centre, Laubenbachmühle

Organic supermarket, Windhof

Casa Salute, Margreid

Sports hall, Sargans

Indoor rollerblade arena, Geisingen

Acquaworld, Concorezzo

Les Thermes, Strassen

Multifunction stadium, Nice

LCT One, Dornbirn, and IZM, Montafon

Apartment building, Wagramer Straße, Vienna

Canols staff hostel, Lenzerheide

Wälderhaus, Hamburg

Woodcube, Hamburg

c13, Berlin

TM50, Nuremberg

Wooden church, Eiterfeld-Unterrufhausen

Overmeyer organic farm, Seevetal

Viewing tower, Pyramidenkogel, Keutschach am See

Wildlife overpass, Luckenwalde

Airport expansion, Oslo

Picture credits

The authors

Backmatter.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-0356-0458-4

OCLC:

940679020