| Description |
1 online resource (375 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Edition Detail |
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Edition Detail.
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| Contents |
Part 1 Cultural dimensions; The material; Tradition and diversity; Wood as a building material -- from the beginnings to the 19th century -- Part 2 Fundamentals; The material; Species of wood; Solid wood and solid wood products; Wood-based products; Building with wood is building for the future; Development of building components; Construction principles -- Part 3 Basis for planning; Grading and improvement of solid timber products; Protecting wood; Thermal performance of buildings; Sound insulation; Fire protection; Prefabrication and erection -- Part 4 Timber engineering -- The tasks of the structural engineer; Structural engineering; Material variations and cross-section forms for components; Connectors and methods of connection; Stability elements -- Part 5 Built examples: structures; Structures -- Part 6 Built examples: facades; The diversity of the modern age; Facades -- built examples in detail -- Appendix |
| Summary |
This manual is a comprehensive and indispensable reference work in the specialist literature on timber. Chapters cover the significance of timber with particular reference to ecology is also investigated. Timber as a load-bearing material is considered, and topics such as new methods of joining, transport and montage are also documented |
| Notes |
"The original German edition of this book was conceived and developed by Detail, Review of Architecture"--Title page verso |
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"First, corrected reprint 2008"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English translation from the German |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (De Gruyter, viewed September 25, 2023) |
| Subject |
Building, Wooden -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Structural design -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Wood.
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Building, Wooden.
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Wood
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wood (plant material)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction -- General.
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Building, Wooden
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Wood
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Holzbau
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Houtconstructies.
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Construções de madeira.
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Holzbau -- Beispielsammlung.
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Herzog, Thomas, 1941- author.
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| ISBN |
9783034614634 |
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3034614632 |
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1306528852 |
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9781306528856 |
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