Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes: Materials, Semi-finished Products, Form Finding, Design
Jan Knippers
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Description for Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes: Materials, Semi-finished Products, Form Finding, Design
Paperback. From the history of plastics and membranes in architecture to their material properties and requirements in construction and design, this title provides an overview of the subject. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1100 black & white illustrations, 450 colour illustrations, 1100 schw.-w. u. 450 farb. Ab. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 299 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1458.
Whether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes. Innovative technical developments are constantly improving its material properties; at the same time, there is a growing new awareness of its potential as a construction material. While plastics used to be employed primarily as an inexpensive variant on traditional building materials, they are increasingly regarded in the construction world today as a serious and viable alternative, be it as supporting structures, roofs, facades, or elements ... Read more
Whether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes. Innovative technical developments are constantly improving its material properties; at the same time, there is a growing new awareness of its potential as a construction material. While plastics used to be employed primarily as an inexpensive variant on traditional building materials, they are increasingly regarded in the construction world today as a serious and viable alternative, be it as supporting structures, roofs, facades, or elements ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1469g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783034607261
SKU
V9783034607261
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jan Knippers
Jan Knippers, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Institut fur Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen (itke), Fakultat fur Architektur und Stadtplanung, Universitat Stuttgart Jan Cremers, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Architekt, Fakultat Architektur und Gestaltung, Hochschule fur Technik Stuttgart Markus Gabler, Dipl.-Ing., Institut fur Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen (itke), Fakultat fur Architektur und Stadtplanung, Universitat Stuttgart ... Read more
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