Building with Timber
Paths into the Future
Published on 23. November 2011
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-3-7913-5181-0 (ISBN)
Description
A sustainable resource and climate-friendly construction material, timber is also materialised solar energy and carbon dioxide accumulator. As a universally applicable heat-insulating material and highly resilient natural product, it is the building material of the future. In this book renowned experts examine timber's ecological importance, its technological potential as well as the new possibilities for architectural construction and design of this familiar material. The 50 international examples selected in this volume illustrate digital manufacturing methods for timber and the variety of modern timber constructions, from low-energy houses and wide-span supporting structures to high-rise construction.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
250 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 224 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5181-0 (9783791351810)
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Persons
Hermann Kaufmann is an architect and professor at the Institute for Architectural Design and Building Technology at the Technische Universitat Munchen, Teaching and Research Unit of Timber Construction. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern timber construction in Europe. Winfried Nerdinger is professor for history of architecture and director of the Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universitat Munchen. He has published extensively on the history of art and architecture of the 18th to 20th century and has curated numerous exhibitions.