| Description |
1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part A. Polymers and membranes in architecture : The discovery and development of polymers -- The dream of the polymer house -- Development of tensile surface structures -- Structures with transparent and translucent envelopes -- Potential, trends and challenges -- Part B. Materials : Polymers -- Fibres -- Adhesives and coatings -- Natural fibre-reinforced polymers and biopolymers -- Part C. Semi-finished products : Primary products -- Fibre-reinforced polymers -- Semi-finished polymer products -- Foil -- Textile membranes -- Building physics -- Environmental impact of polymers -- Part D. Planning and form-finding : Loadbearing structure and form -- Detailed design aspects -- Part E. Building with polymers and membranes : Building with semi-finished polymer products -- Building with free-form polymers -- Building with foil -- Building with textile membranes -- Complex building envelopes -- Part F. Case studies -- Part G. Statutory instruments, directives, standards |
| Notes |
Case studies : Facade design and interior fitting-out, Vienna / Baar-Baarenfels -- Reception pavilion, Basel / Marco Serra -- "The Walbrook" office and retail development, London / Foster + Partners -- Private house, Minamituru-gunn / Takeshi Hosaka -- Seeko'o Hotel, Bordeaux / Atelier Architecture King Kong -- Private house, Müllheim / Pfeifer Roser Kuhn -- Flagship store and company headquarters, London / Squire & Partners -- Office pavilion, Madrid / Selgas Cano -- Company headquarters, Middelfart / KHR arkitekter -- House and office, Dachau / Deffner Voitländer -- Mobile Art, Chanel Contemporary Art Container / Zaha Hadid Architects -- "Mobile Action Space" / raumlaborberlin -- Bank, Bratislava / Jaborneggg & Pálffy -- Shopping centre, Amadora / Promontorio Architetcts -- Leisure centre, Neydens / L35/Ganz & Muller Architectes Associés, GM2A Architectes -- Training centre for mountain rescue service, Gaißach / Herzog + Partner -- Roof over circulation zone at EXPO 2010, Shanghai / SBA Architekten -- Memorial, Sachsenhausen / hg merz architekten museumsgestalter -- Olympic stadium, Berlin / von Gerkan, Marg & Partner -- Refurbishment and conversion of main railway station, Dresden / Foster + Partners --Passenger terminal complex, Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok / Murphy/Jahn -- Canopy over Forum, "Old Spring Mill", Kolbermoor / Behnisch Architekten -- Open-air theatre, Josefsburg Arena, Kufstein Nikolai Kugel Architekten |
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Co-authors: Jan Cremers, Markus Gabler and Julian Lienhard |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289) and index |
| Notes |
English translation of the 1st German edition |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Building materials -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Construction industry -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Fibrous composites -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Polymeric composites -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Polymers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cremers, Jan.
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Gabler, Markus
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Knippers, Jan.
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Lienhard, Julian
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| ISBN |
1299863701 (ebk) |
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9781299863705 (ebk) |
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3034614705 (electronic bk.) |
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9783034614702 (electronic bk.) |
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