Structural Materials for Sustainable Architecture

Imagining Delight, Form and Performance

Michael Dickson, Peter Walker (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-29311-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses and illustrates the aesthetics, use and shaping of structural materials in the design and construction of a sustainable built environment. It develops the argument for, and an appreciation of, novel and innovative structural engineering forms through the comparative choice of construction materials currently available for buildings. This includes well-established materials and technologies, such as masonry, timber, structural steel and concrete in its many forms, as well as re-emerging structural materials, including a range of natural materials as timber, hemp lime and straw bales, as well as aluminium, glass, pre-stressed membranes, steel cables and nets. Beautifully designed with 250 full colour illustrations to accompany the text, the book aims to help its readers in creating a delightful, sustainable and effective architecture.

Inhalt

Part 1: The Nature of Design 1. Introduction 2. Resilience and Sustainability Part 2 3. Quantification of Scale 4. Choice of Structural Material Part 3: Materials and Form 5. The culture and craft of masonry construction 6. Modern vernacular of Natural Building Materials 7. The regrowth of timber engineering and architecture 8. The Versatility and Strength of Steel 9. Plasticity of Concrete: Structural Systems and Forms 10. The lightness of Aluminium 11. Lighter and longer: Fabrics, Foils, Membranes and Cables 12. The transparency of glass Part 4 13. Looking forward

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.07.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 250 Illustrations, color
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 280 mm
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 1-138-29311-3 / 1138293113
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-29311-3 / 9781138293113
• Zustand: Neuware