Wood Architecture

Slavid, Ruth

ISBN 10: 185669402X / ISBN 13: 9781856694025

Published by Laurence King Publishing, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wood Architecture
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185669402X
• ISBN 13: 9781856694025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1619.3 grams

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Synopsis

Timber is having a renaissance as an architectural material, as more architects come to understand its properties, and enjoy adding it to their repertoire of materials. With a growing crop of good new timber buildings, architects are coming to realise that this is no longer the sole preserve of the traditionalist, but a material that has an important role to play in the contemporary world. The book's introduction examines the ways in which a raw material of diminishing quality (but abundant quantity) can be 'stretched' to perform as it has never done before using new technology and careful detailing. The 40 case studies are devoted to some of the most interesting new wood projects from around the world. The projects are grouped in seven themed chapters. Featured architects from around the world include Steven Holl, Foster and Partners, Rural Studio, Renzo Piano and Shigeru Ban.

About the Author

Ruth Slavid is Special Projects Editor for the Architects' Journal.