Main entry:

Minke, Gernot.

Title & Author:

Building with bamboo / Gernot Minke ; [translation into English, Joy K. Henderson ; graphic design, David Lorente].

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2012.

Description:

159 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Loosely based on the Spanish publication 'Manual de construcción con bambú' published ... in 2010"--Page 158.
"Loosely based on the Spanish publication 'Manual de construcción con bambú' published ... in 2010"--P. 158.
Includes bibliographical references.
Historical examples -- The plant -- Cutting, drying, treatment and storage -- Physical properties -- Building with bamboo in Europe and North America -- General aspects of construction -- Basic construction elements -- Tools and their uses -- Joints -- Constructive elements and systems -- Complementary elements -- Reinforcing with bamboo -- Residences -- Cultural, educational and sacral buildings -- Offices; industrial and infrastructural buildings -- Pavilions and experimental structures -- Bridges.

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 adopted bamboo for a variety of construction tasks, ranging from exclusive private residences to experimental pavilions, and from airy canopies to schools or museums. The book provides a detailed manual for bamboo constructions and presents a broad selection of built examples, among them the spectacular bamboo pavilions of the 2010 Shanghai World Exposition, a parking garage in Leipzig, Germany, the Nomadic Museum in Mexico City and Richard Rogers' Terminal 4 at Madrid Airport.

ISBN:

3034607482 (paperback)
9783034607483 (paperback)

Subject:

Bamboo construction Pictorial works.
Sustainable architecture Pictorial works.
Bamboo Utilization Pictorial works.
Construction en bambou Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture durable Ouvrages illustrés.
Bambou Utilisation Ouvrages illustrés.
Bamboo construction
Bamboo Utilization
Sustainable architecture
Bambus
Bambusverarbeitung
Architektur

Form/genre:

Catalog
illustrated books.
catalogs (documents)
Illustrated works
Catalogs
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Catalogues.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280495
Call No.: BIB 217249
Status: Available