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Solid Wood: Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design

Joseph Mayo

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Description: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 worlda strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildingsrecent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issuesinsights into building code challengesdetailed 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Solid Wood: Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design. To get started finding Solid Wood: Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 worlda strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildingsrecent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issuesinsights into building code challengesdetailed 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."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Solid Wood: Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design. To get started finding Solid Wood: Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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