2 | BIRKHÄUSER | Construction | Materials
Andrea Deplazes (Ed.)
Constructing Architecture Materials, Processes, Structures. A Handbook
Construire l’architecture Du matériau brut à l édifice
Pages ills. format
approx. 616 1740 b/w 24.0 × 29.7 cm, Softcover
French
EUR 89.95 / USD 126.00 Hardcover EUR 54.95 / USD 77.00 Softcover ISBN 978-3-03821-451-9 English, Hardcover 978-3-03821-452-6 English, Softcover 978-3-03821-453-3 French, Softcover
Available August 2013
Now in its Third Edition: the Groundbreaking Introduction and Textbook on Construction section has been expanded to cover three new projects whose design processes are documented comprehensively and systematically step by step. Experience with the preceding edition has shown that the book has become an indispensable handbook for reference and reading not only for students and teachers but also for architects.
New: with an overview poster as a navigational aid Expanded to include new sections on courtyard house vs. patio house, shell construction – expansion – core and shell construction, entrance lift, and new selected projects
English, Hardcover
English, Softcover
French, Softcover
This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its third, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities. Organized into chapters on “Raw Materials / Building Materials (Modules),” “Elements” (Building Components), “Structures” (Building Methods), and “Buildings” (Examples), the book now includes a new section on “Elevators” in the chapter “Building Components” and on “Shell construction – expansion – core and shell construction” in the chapter “Structures.” The chapter on “Buildings” now includes information about the typologies of “courtyard house vs. veranda house.” In addition, the examples
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