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Building with wood as an ecologically viable material is a
tradition with a long history. In the most typical method, elements
are connected by using wood joints which do not require the
assistance of adhesives or metal connectors. By looking at several
hundred examples from Japan, China and 18 European countries, this
book describes in great detail the history of timber architecture
in terms of its technical, aesthetic and ecological dimensions.
This thorough study is a mine of information to specialists in this
field; it opens up to the craftsman of today what has become an
almost forgotten world and provides a fascinating account for the
general reader. The new introduction to the third edition reviews
developments since the first publication of this book in 1997.
Following his seminal book Wood and Wood Joints, an essential
reference on solid timber constructions for more than two decades,
now in its third edition, Klaus Zwerger presents a study of the
cultural history, construction and typology of a special building
type: cereal drying racks. These structures were used to dry
harvested crops in agrarian cultures all over the world and evolved
over the centuries into buildings of great beauty that are as
sophisticated and individual as they are functionally efficient. On
countless expeditions, the author tracked down the remaining
buildings, documenting and analyzing them in the context of their
cultural and building history through detailed descriptions, line
drawings and photographs, rendered in duotone, by the author.
There is a long tradition of using wood as a distinct and
ecologically sound building material. Wooden architecture conveys
for today's world the breadth of knowledge held in Western and
Eastern cultures about the creative use of this unique material.
The typical technique of building with wood, joinery, requires that
elements are connected only by the skillful interlocking of the
constructive parts. In this book, the history of wooden
architecture is described in detail using hundreds of examples from
Japan, China and Europe. From a holistic understanding, a picture
emerges that is informative for architects, and designers, reopens
an almost lost world to builders, and will enthrall laypeople. Also
available in a German edition (ISBN 978-3-0356-2617-9) A new
introduction highlights the continuing importance of traditional
techniques, particularly in the age of digital manufacturing
processes. For the first time, all photos are printed in duotone "A
book for aesthetes ..." (Baumeister)
Das Bauen mit Holz als einem gestalterisch eigenstandigen und
oekologisch sinnvollen Werkstoff hat eine lange Tradition. In
Jahrtausenden entstandene Holzarchitektur vermittelt der heutigen
Zeit das vielfaltige Wissen westlicher und oestlicher Kulturen uber
den schoepferischen Umgang mit diesem unverwechselbaren Material.
Bei der typischen Technik des Bauens mit Holz, der reinen
Holzverbindung, werden die Elemente ohne materialfremde Hilfe, ohne
Leim oder Metall, nur durch das gekonnt entworfene Ineinander der
konstruktiven Teile verbunden. Zur hoechsten Blute gelangte die
Kunst der Holzverbindung in Japan, das viele Anregungen und Ideen
aus China ubernahm und weiter entwickelte. Aber auch in
europaischen Landern haben sich einflussreiche Formen entwickelt.
Deshalb wird hier die Geschichte der Holzarchitektur in ihren
technischen, asthetischen und oekologischen Dimensionen detailgenau
anhand von vielen hundert Beispielen aus Japan, China und neunzehn
europaischen Landern beschrieben. Die Schoenheit der Holzbauten und
ihrer Details vermittelt sich in brillanten Duotonabbildungen. In
anschaulichen dreidimensionalen Zeichnungen offenbart sich das
geheime Innenleben der Holzverbindungen. Auch auf englisch
erhaltlich (ISBN 978-3-0356-2480-9) Eine neue Einleitung arbeitet
die fortdauernde Bedeutung dieser traditionellen Techniken gerade
im Zeitalter digitaler Fertigungsprozesse heraus. Erstmals
samtliche Fotos im Duotondruck "Ein Buch fur AEstheten ..."
(Baumeister)
Building with wood as an ecologically viable material is a
tradition with a long history. In the most typical method, elements
are connected by using wood joints which do not require the
assistance of adhesives or metal connectors. By looking at several
hundred examples from Japan, China and 18 European countries, this
book describes in great detail the history of timber architecture
in terms of its technical, aesthetic and ecological dimensions.
This thorough study is a mine of information to specialists in this
field; it opens up to the craftsman of today what has become an
almost forgotten world and provides a fascinating account for the
general reader. The new introduction to the third edition reviews
developments since the first publication of this book in 1997.
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