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Solid Wood - Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design (Paperback)
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Solid Wood - Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design (Paperback)
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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.
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