Building with bamboo / Gernot Minke ; [translation into English, Joy K. Henderson ; graphic design, David Lorente].
By: Minke, Gernot
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Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, ©2012Description: 159 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 9783034607483 (acidfree paper).Other title: Design and technology of a sustainable architecture [Subtitle on cover:].Subject(s): Bamboo construction -- Pictorial works | Sustainable architecture -- Pictorial works | Bamboo -- Utilization -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 721.044997/M66 Summary: Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, renewability and abundant availability. Architects and engineers have significantly widened the applications of bamboo in recent years and today even wide-span bridges can be built from it. Impressed with its technical and aesthetic possibilities, European, Japanese and North American architects have. A title that deals with bamboo: a versatile and sustainable building material.
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"Loosely based on the Spanish publication 'Manual de construcción con bambú' published ... in 2010"--P. 158.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156).
Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, renewability and abundant availability. Architects and engineers have significantly widened the applications of bamboo in recent years and today even wide-span bridges can be built from it. Impressed with its technical and aesthetic possibilities, European, Japanese and North American architects have. A title that deals with bamboo: a versatile and sustainable building material.
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