Construction manual for polymers + membranes : materials, semi-finished products, form-finding design / [authors, Jan Knippers [and others]].

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Language
English
Published/​Created
Basel : Birkhauser Architecture ; Munich : Edition Detail, ©2011.
Description
296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

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    Summary note
    From the history of plastics and membranes in architecture to their material properties and requirements in construction and design, this text provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.
    Notes
    Co-authors: Jan Cremers, Markus Gabler and Julian Lienhard.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-289) and index.
    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.
    Other title(s)
    • Construction manual for polymers & membranes
    • Construction manual for polymers and membranes
    ISBN
    • 3034607334 ((hardcover))
    • 9783034607339 ((hardcover))
    • 3034607261 ((pbk.))
    • 9783034607261 ((pbk.))
    OCLC
    764839452
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