Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures

Deplazes, A

ISBN 10: 3764371897 / ISBN 13: 9783764371890

Editore: Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2005

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2250grams, ISBN:9783764371890.

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• Titolo: Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures
• Editore: Birkhauser Verlag Ag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3764371897
• ISBN 13: 9783764371890
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: Poor
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Architecture

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Riassunto

The complex interplay of conception and construction is intrinsic to the process of building. What kind of knowledge is necessary to realise the full spectrum of manifold design objectives?
"Constructing Architecture" conveys these fundamentals for students and professionals. It demonstrates an integral approach which combines specialised technical knowledge with the lyrical beauty of the illustrated buildings, and background information on cultural and historical aspects. Building is perceived not just as a feat of technology or engineering but the culmination of an artistic, creative act of will which can be more effectively translated into physical entities if the technical principles of construction are mastered.
Buildings that have set aesthetical and architectonic standards provide instructive case-studies. Over 1200 illustrations, plans, cross sections and drawings, a systematic and comparative catalogue of components documented in 1:20 scale, and a comprehensive subject index combine to make this an indispensable reference work.

Informazioni sull?autore

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.