Solid wood : case studies in mass timber architecture, technology and design

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Label

Solid wood : case studies in mass timber architecture, technology and design

Title remainder

case studies in mass timber architecture, technology and design

Statement of responsibility

Joseph Mayo

Creator

• Mayo, Joseph, 1977-

Subject

• Architecture, Modern -- 21st century
• Hållbar arkitektur
• Sustainable architecture
• Trä -- byggnadsmaterial
• 2000 - 2099
• History
• Architecture, Modern
• Architecture and technology
• Sustainable architecture -- Case studies
• Byggnadsteknik
• Architecture and technology -- History -- 21st century
• Building, Wooden -- Case studies
• Arkitektur och teknologi
• Timmer
• Building, Wooden
• Case studies

Genre

• Case studies
• History

Language

eng

Summary

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 world. A strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildings. Recent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issues. Insights into building code challenges. Detailed 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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

721/.0448

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

NA4110

LC item number

.M29 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography