UID:
almafu_9958353295502883
Format:
1 online resource(280p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Basel/Berlin/Boston : Birkhäuser, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
System requirements: Web browser.
Edition:
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ISBN:
9783034614559
Content:
The manual addresses fundamental questions of sustainability, including life-span, environmental impact, and material cycles, while also presenting material innovations. All of the principal conventional and innovative construction materials are documented, with attention to their production, treatment, surfaces, connections, and characteristics.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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The surface in contemporary architecture /
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The architect as building materials scout /
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The critical path to sustainable construction /
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Criteria for the selection of building materials /
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The development of innovative materials /
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Touching the senses – materials and haptics in the design process /
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Stone --
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Loam --
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Ceramic materials --
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Building materials with mineral binders --
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Bituminous materials --
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Wood and wood-based products --
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Metal --
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Glass --
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Synthetic materials --
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Life cycle assessments --
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The building envelope --
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Insulating and sealing --
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Building services --
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Walls --
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Intermediate floors --
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Floors --
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Surfaces and coatings --
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Loam: Chapel of rest --
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Timber: Extension to mountain hut --
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Stone: Wine store --
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Lightweight concrete: Holiday home --
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Stone: Private house --
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Green roof: Private house --
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Synthetic material: Private house --
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Render: Private house --
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Clay brickwork: Apartment block --
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Glass: Metro station --
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Synthetic material: Bus terminal --
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Timber: Workshop for an open-air museum --
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Timber: Hiroshige Ando Museum --
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Metal: Natural history museum --
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Membrane: Arts Centre --
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Glass: Art Gallery --
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Glass tiles: Service centre --
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Concrete: Institute headquarters --
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Clay elements: Hotel management school --
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Metal: Fire station --
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Lightweight concrete: Service centre --
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Glass: Hospital extension --
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Stone: 110 kV substation --
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Glass: Combined police and fire station --
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Membrane: Roof to tennis stadium --
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Physical parameters of materials /
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Hazardous substances /
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Statutory instruments, directives, standards --
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Bibliography --
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Picture credits --
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Subject index --
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Index of names.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783764375706
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783038212805
Language:
English
DOI:
10.11129/detail.9783034614559
URL:
https://doi.org/10.11129/detail.9783034614559
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