Structural Materials for Sustainable Architecture - Imagining Delight, Form and Performance

This book discusses and illustrates the aesthetics, use and shaping of structural materials in the design and construction of a sustainable built environment.

List of contents

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

Summary

This book discusses and illustrates the aesthetics, use and shaping of structural materials in the design and construction of a sustainable built environment.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Dickson, Michael (Buro Happold Dickson, Michael Walker Dickson, Dickson Michael, Peter Walker, Peter (University of Bath Walker
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.06.2019, delayed
• EAN: 9781138293106
• ISBN: 978-1-138-29310-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, ARCHITECTURE / Study & Teaching, ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials, Architecture: professional practice, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, ARCHITECTURE / Codes & Standards