
Constructing Architecture
Materials, Processes, Structures
Andrea Deplazes(Editor)
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 25. July 2005
Book
Hardback
550 pages
978-3-7643-7190-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, 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 "Raw Materials/Building Materials (Modules)," "Building Components (Elements)," "Building Methods (Structures)," and "Buildings (Examples)," the book now includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass. The chapter on "Building Elements" now includes a discussion of facades, and the chapter on "Structures" has been expanded to cover "Principles of Space Creation." The examples section now includes extensive documentation of current projects whose systematic character is oriented around the production process.
Experience with the preceding edition has shown that the book has become an indispensable handbook for reference and reading not only for students and teachers but also for architects.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
1740 b/w illus.
ISBN-13
978-3-7643-7190-6 (9783764371906)
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Persons
Andrea Deplazes is a professor of architecture and construction at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich). As co-owner of the architectural firm Bearth + Deplazes in Chur, Switzerland, his renown extends far beyond Switzerland's borders.
Content
Additons of 2nd ed.: Glass in application - translucent materials - new chapter on space defining structures - new examples.