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Featherweights : light, mobile and floating architecture / Oliver Herwig.
Main entry:

Herwig, Oliver.

Title & Author:

Featherweights : light, mobile and floating architecture / Oliver Herwig.

Publication:

Munich ; New York : Prestel, 2003.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

Series:

Architecture in focus

Notes:
"Translated from the German"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (page 158).
Five pioneers of light architecture -- Lightweight construction -- Membranes and light materials -- Inflatable architecture -- Modern nomads -- Building a world of bits and bytes -- Architecture in space.
Summary:

From Bruno Taut's glass house to the Crystal Palace, geodesic domes to the Millennium Dome, this illustrated exploration of lightness in architecture explains how and why the movement began, and shows where it will take us in the future.

ISBN:

3791328565 (paperback)
9783791328560 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Lightweight construction.
Tensile architecture.
Construction légère.
Structures tendues.
Architecture 20e siècle.
lightweight construction.
tensile structures.
Architecture, Modern
Architektur
Baukonstruktion
Leichtigkeit
Prefabricated houses.
Air-supported structures.

Added entries:

Architecture in focus.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241819
Call No.: NA680 .H417 2003
Status: Available

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