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The past decade has witnessed especially among the younger generation of architects - a resurging interest in building with wood. The discourse on the potentials of this material has in no small measure been influenced by Konrad Wachsmann's classic Holzhausbau. And yet, surprisingly, this standard work (originally published in 1930) was out of print for many years. Now, following the recent new edition of Wendepunkt im Bauen (Turning Point of Building), Holzhausbau is again available. The English translation, Building the Wooden House, appears here for the first time.
Wachsmann demonstrates how new forms can be achieved when modern manufacturing processes are adapted to the traditional building material wood. In a prefatory text he presents three totally different building techniques: the wood frame, the panel, and the log house methods. Wachsmann then illustrates their wide range of application possibilities by analysing plans and photographs of work of some of the century's most renowned architects: May, Poelzig, Schmitthenner, Sharoun, and van der Velde. Most illustrious among the clients was Albert Einstein, for whom Wachsmann built a country home near Berlin.
Two introductory essays enable the reader to take new hold of the book. Michael Gruning, journalist and author of the Wachsmann Reports, offers a biographical sketch and an impression of the times in which Wachsmann lived and worked. The Swiss architect Christian Sumi discusses Wachsmann's undiminished relevance to architecture today.
Wachsmann demonstrates how new forms can be achieved when modern manufacturing processes are adapted to the traditional building material wood. In a prefatory text he presents three totally different building techniques: the wood frame, the panel, and the log house methods. Wachsmann then illustrates their wide range of application possibilities by analysing plans and photographs of work of some of the century's most renowned architects: May, Poelzig, Schmitthenner, Sharoun, and van der Velde. Most illustrious among the clients was Albert Einstein, for whom Wachsmann built a country home near Berlin.
Two introductory essays enable the reader to take new hold of the book. Michael Gruning, journalist and author of the Wachsmann Reports, offers a biographical sketch and an impression of the times in which Wachsmann lived and worked. The Swiss architect Christian Sumi discusses Wachsmann's undiminished relevance to architecture today.
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- EditoreBirkhauser Architecture
- Data di pubblicazione1995
- ISBN 10 3764351349
- ISBN 13 9783764351342
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine168
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First English Language Edition. 29.5 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 141pp. Brown cloth in dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with black and whtie photographs and plans. With new contributions of Christa & Michael Grüning and Christian Sumi; translation by Peter Reuss. Contains the English translation of the German language work Holzhausbau, originally published in 1930 alongside new introductory essays. Some light toning to the jacket. Codice articolo 69346
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. Building the Wooden House by Konrad Wachsmann. Published by Birkhauser Architecture in 1995. Hardcover ISBN:9783764351342. Collectible item in very fine condition. Codice articolo 3764351342
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