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1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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Online access with DDA: Askews (Architecture)
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Building with Wood; 1 Introduction: a story of building with wood; 2 Forests, forestry and carbon; 3 Solid wood materials and concepts; 4 Wood design: an introduction to structure, fire, weathering, and sound; Part II Case Studies in Solid Wood Architecture; 5 England and the new concrete; 5.1a Graphite Apartments; 5.1b Whitmore Road; 5.2 City Academy; 5.3 Bridport House; 5.4 Woodland Trust Headquarters; 5.5 The Hive; 6 Norway and Norwegian wood; 6.1a Svartlamoen housing |
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6.1b Svalbard housing6.2 Egenes Park; 6.3a Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge; 6.3b Vennesla Library and Cultural Center; 7 Sweden and Nordic cities of wood; 7.1 Limnologen; 8 Germany and the Woodcube; 8.1 Esmarchstrasse 3 (e_3); 8.2 Ilmasi; 8.3 H4 and H8; 9 Austria and advanced timber building; 9.1 Alpenhotel Ammerwald; 9.2 LCT ONE; 9.3 Salzburg University of Applied Sciences Kuchl campus extension; 10 Switzerland and Zurich's Mühlebach; 10.1 Tamedia Headquarters; 11 North America and traditions replanted; 11.1 Bullitt Center; 11.2a Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability |
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11.2b Earth Sciences Building11.3 North Vancouver City Hall; 11.4 BioEnergy Research and Demonstration Facility; 12 New Zealand, Australia and timber down under; 12.1 Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Arts Building; 12.2 Te Ara Hihiko; 12.3 Forté; 13 Coming out of the woodwork: codes, cost, and competition; Appendix: interviews and correspondence; Index |
| Summary |
Over the past 10-15 years a renaissance in wood architecture has occurred with the development of new wood building systems and design strategies, elevating wood from a predominantly single-family residential idiom to a rival of concrete and steel construction for a variety of building types, including high rises. This new solid wood architecture offers unparalleled environmental as well as construction and aesthetic benefits, and is of growing importance for professionals and academics involved in green design. Solid Wood provides the first detailed book which allows readers to understand new mass timber/massive wood architecture. It provides: Historical context in wood architecture from around the world. A strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildings. Recent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issues. Insights into building code challenges. Detailed case studies of new large-scale wood building systems on a country-by-country basis. Case studies from the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia highlight design strategies, construction details and unique cultural attitudes in wood design. The case studies include the most ambitious academic, hospitality, industrial, multi-family, and wood office buildings in the world. With discussions from leading architectural, engineering, and material manufacturing firms in Europe, North America and the South Pacific, Solid Wood disrupts preconceived notions and serves as an indispensable guide to twenty-first century wood architecture and its environmental and cultural benefits |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Building, Wooden -- Case studies
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Sustainable architecture -- Case studies
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Architecture, Modern -- 21st century.
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Architecture and technology -- History -- 21st century
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Project Management.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Security Design.
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Architecture and technology.
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Architecture, Modern.
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Building, Wooden.
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Sustainable architecture.
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Hållbar arkitektur.
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Trä -- byggnadsmaterial.
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Arkitektur och teknologi.
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Timmer.
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Byggnadsteknik.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies.
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History.
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317587491 |
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1317587499 |
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9781315742892 |
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1315742896 |
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9781317587477 |
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1317587472 |
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9781317587484 |
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1317587480 |
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