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Heavy Timber Structures: Creating Comfort in Public Spaces (Hardcover)
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Heavy Timber Structures: Creating Comfort in Public Spaces (Hardcover)
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In the triumvirate of dominant structural building materials-wood,
metal, and masonry-each has its advantages, but none are as
intertwined with the human spirit as wood. Thirty-five public
buildings illustrate how heavy timber framing can address familiar
programmatic issues such as structure, economics, aesthetics, and
sustainability. Timber framing can also have a positive effect on
human emotions and physiology. In addition to being warm to the
touch, wood building interiors have been widely proven to reduce
blood pressure and heart rate and to speed convalescence in health
care facilities. More than 450 photos, plans, and diagrams show how
wood framing components from solid timbers to glulams and peeled
logs are designed for durability and expressiveness. The finished
projects aptly demonstrate what it means not only to shape
buildings, but how they shape us.
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