Composite Architecture: Building and Design with Carbon Fiber and FRPs - Hardcover

Truong, Quang

 
9783035619409: Composite Architecture: Building and Design with Carbon Fiber and FRPs
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3035619409 ISBN 13: 9783035619409
Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2020

Synopsis

Composite Architecture is the world's first ever book about composite materials used in architecture from a major publisher. Materials such as carbon fiber and other FRPs can lead to buildings that are lighter, stronger, more durable, and better thermally performing. Their properties also allow for new formal possibilities and structural expressions. 
This book describes the technology underpinning composite materials, their history, sustainability issues, and unique opportunities and challenges in building and construction. 
With a foreword by Jan Knippers, and featuring detailed studies of projects using composite materials by architects including: Snøhetta, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Morphosis, Achim Menges, SHoP, Foster + Partners (including the new Apple buildings).

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About the Author

Quang Truong is a licensed architect, adjunct professor at Portland State University, and cofounder of Polytechnica, an AEC technology company.

Quang Truong has worked as an architect in the firms of Steven Holl, Richard Meier, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, where he completed museums, skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, and residences. At Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he completed a high-end residence using structural composite materials, the first of its kind in the world, and has worked with other non-conventional materials such as mass timber and rammed earth. 

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Publisher
Birkhäuser
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3035619409
ISBN 13 
9783035619409
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312