Main entry:

Gebäudehüllen. English.

Title & Author:

Building skins : concepts, layers, materials / Christian Schittich (ed.) ; [translation (German/English): Peter Green, Elizabeth Schwaiger].

Publication:

München : Edition Detail ; Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2001.

Description:

196 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 x 24 cm.

Series:

In detail

Notes:
Translated from the original German.
Second volume in the series "In Detail"--P. [2] of cover.
Published also in German under title: Gebäudenhüllen.
Includes bibliographical references.
Shell, skin, materials / Christian Schittich -- Is it all "just" a facade?: The functional, energetic and structural aspects of the building skin / Werner Lang -- The building skin as heat- and power generator / Roland Krippner -- A summer space / Johl, Jozwiak, Ruppel, Berlin -- Eden project near St Austell / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, London -- House in Okayama / Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa, Tokyo -- University Institute in Paris / Jérôme Brunet & Eric Saunier, Paris -- Office and commercial building in Tokyo / Maki and Associates, Tokyo -- Supermarket and apartment building in Muttenz / Nissen Wentzlaff Architekten, Basel -- House in Amsterdam / Heren 5 architecten, Amsterdam -- Museum Liner in Appenzell / Gigon/Guyer, Zurich -- Apartment- and office building in Düsseldorf / Frank O. Gehry, Santa Monica -- Glasgow Science Centre / Building Design Partnership, Manchester -- Swimming pool in Cranbrook / Williams Tsien & Associates, New York -- House in Leffe, Italy / Studio Archea, Florence -- New 42 Studios in New York / Platt Byard Dovell Architects, New York -- Pavilion in Amsterdam / Steven Holl Architects, New York -- Duplex in Nidau / Leimer Tschanz Architekten, Biel; Jürg Saager, Brügg -- House near Tokyo / Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo -- Pavilion of Christ in Volkenroda / von Gerkan, Marg and Partners, Hamburg -- Church in Munich / Allmann Sattler Wappner, Munich -- Police station in Boxtel / Wiel Arets, Maastricht -- Cultural and Congress Centre in San Sebastián / Rafael Moneo, Madrid -- Museum of Hiroshige Ando in Batoh / Kengo Kuma and Associates, Tokyo -- Cycling Stadium in Berlin / Dominique Perrault, Paris -- Factory Hall in Bobingen / Florian Nagler Architekten, Munich -- Swimming pool in Bad Elster / Behnisch und Partner, Stuttgart -- Administration building in Kronberg / Schneider + Schumacher, Frankfurt/Main -- Administration building in Wiesbaden / Herzog + Partner, Munich -- Trade-Fair Tower in Hanover / Herzog + Partner, Munich -- Administration building in Berlin / Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten, Berlin/London -- Library in Delft / mecanoo architecten, Delft -- Japanese pavilion in Hanover / Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo -- The architects -- Authors/Illustration credits.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This text focuses on the wide-ranging aspects of facade design, from the selection and use of materials to the advanced technical possibilities now open to the architect. International examples with plans and details show the theory in practice.

ISBN:

3764364653 (English edition ; hd.)
9783764364656 (English edition ; hd.)

Subject:

Facades.
Building materials.
Architectural design.
Architecture Details.
Construction Materials
Architecture Détails.
Façades.
Construction Matériaux.
Design architectural.
façades.
building materials.

Added entries:

Schittich, Christian.
In detail.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 220762
Call No.: NA2840 .I45 2001
Status: Available