Main entry:

Zwerger, Klaus, 1956-

Title & Author:

Wood and wood joints : building traditions of Europe and Japan / Klaus Zwerger.

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser, ©1997.

Description:

278 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-270) and indexes.
[Pt. 1] The material -- The properties of wood -- Species of wood -- [Pt. 2] Working with wood -- Uses -- The carpenter -- The carpenter's tools -- Forms of construction -- [Pt. 3] Types and functions of wood joints -- Typology -- Classification systems in the literature -- Limits to the classification systems -- The functions of wood joints -- [Pt. 4] Wood joints and their evolution -- The role of the tool -- Building tasks and their solutions -- Log construction -- Column-and-beam construction -- Roof construction -- The influence of climatic conditions -- Abundance and scarcety of timber -- [Pt. 5] Wood joints as an expression of aesthetic values -- The visible and the invisible -- Protection and prestige -- Construction and decoration.
British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Translated from German.
Dust jacket.
Translation of: Das Holz und seine Verbindungen.

ISBN:

3764354836 (alk. paper)
9783764354831 (alk. paper)
0817654836 (alk. paper)
9780817654832 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Framing (Building) Europe.
Framing (Building) Japan.
Timber joints.
Charpentes Europe.
Charpentes Japon.
Assemblages (Menuiserie)
Framing (Building)
Houtconstructies.
Hout.
Woningbouw.
Constructions en bois Europe.
Constructions en bois Japon.
Building, Wooden Europe.
Building, Wooden Japan.
Europe.
Japan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211959
Call No.: TH1101 .Z9 1997
Status: Available