Main entry:

Zwerger, Klaus, 1956- author.

Title & Author:

Wood and wood joints : building traditions in Europe, Japan and China / Klaus Zwerger ; with a foreword by Valerio Olgiati ; translation into English, Gerd H. Söffker, Philip Thrift, Julian Reisenberger.

Edition:

Fourth, revised and expanded edition.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2023]
©2023

Description:

xxv, 10-322 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and indexes.
Introduction to the fourth, revised and expanded edition -- The material -- Working with wood -- Types and functions of wood joints -- Wood joints and their evolution -- Wood joints as an expression of aesthetic values -- Structural timber construction in China.
Translated from the German.

ISBN:

9783035624809 (hardback)
3035624801 (hardback)

Subject:

Framing (Building) Europe.
Framing (Building) Japan.
Framing (Building) China.
Building, Wooden Europe.
Building, Wooden Japan.
Building, Wooden China.
Timber joints.
Construction en bois Europe.
Construction en bois Japon.
Construction en bois Chine.
Assemblages (Menuiserie)
Framing (Building)
Building, Wooden.
China
Europe
Japan

Added entries:

Olgiati, Valerio, 1958- writer of foreword.
S̀öffker, Gerd H., translator.
Thrift, Philip, translator.
Reisenberger, Julian, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318597
Call No.: 318597
Copy: 1
Status: Available