Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. A Handbook - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 3038214523 ISBN 13: 9783038214526

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2013

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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 building materials (“Materials–Modules”), building components (“Elements” and “Components”), building methods (“Structures”), and building examples (“Buildings”) the book now includes a new section on stairs and lifts as well as one on structural shell, fitting...

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Andrea Deplazes, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland.

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Architektur Konstruieren ist im besten Sinne ein Handbuch [ ] das Baustoffe, Bauelemente und Strukturen vorstellt, anhand bemerkenswerter Architektur exemplifiziert und in einem breiten kulturellen Kontext verortet. Es eignet sich daher auch fur interessierte Laien, die wissen wollen, wie Architektur entsteht." Neue Zurcher Zeitung "Wer braucht also dieses Buch? Wenn Studenten es gelesen haben, sollte sie keine Klausur mehr schrecken, und ausserdem hatten sie, neben den technischen Tricks, auch...

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