Wonder wood : a favorite material for design, architecture and art / Barbara Glasner, Stephan Ott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glasner, Barbara.

Contributor:

Ott, Stephan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Woodwork.

Wood in art.

Building, Wooden.

Wood products.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, 2013.

Language Note:

English translation of: Wonder Wood : Holz in Design, Architektur und Kunst.

Summary:

Wonder Wood presents this timeless material as it is being used today and how it can be used in the future. It also documents a selection of current international projects and processes, making-ofs, and experiments by 120 internationally renowned designers, architects, and artists, whose creative and innovative approach to the material makes their work compelling. For selected projects, interviews with the designers provide an in-depth look at the creative process and its results. A second section, dedicated to materials and technologies examines innovative developments as well as wood, wood-based materials, finishing technologies, and wooden structure principles. With biographies of the designers represented in the book, an alphabetical index, a bibliography and sources, Wonder Wood will serve the reader as a classic book of reference.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction. In the Wonderland of Wood

PROJECTS AND PROCESSES

Part 1

Part 2

Material and Technology Guide

I Material

II TECHNOLOGY: Production processes

III TECHNOLOGY: The principles of timber construction

Appendix

Biographies

Index

Picture Credits

Bibliography and sources (selection)

Acknowledgments / The Authors

Imprint

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783034610896

OCLC:

831121301