Main entry:

Mayo, Joseph, 1977-

Title & Author:

Solid wood : case studies in mass timber architecture, technology and design / Joseph Mayo.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Description:

xii, 346 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I BUILDING WITH WOOD -- 1.Introduction: a story of building with wood -- 2.Forests, forestry and carbon -- 3.Solid wood materials and concepts -- 4.Wood design: an introduction to structure, fire, weathering, and sound -- pt. II CASE STUDIES IN SOLID WOOD ARCHITECTURE -- 5.England and the new concrete -- 5.1a.Graphite Apartments -- 5.1b.Whitmore Road -- 5.2.City Academy -- 5.3.Bridport House -- 5.4.Woodland Trust Headquarters -- 5.5.The Hive -- 6.Norway and Norwegian wood -- 6.1a.Svartlamoen housing -- 6.1b.Svalbard housing -- 6.2.Egenes Park -- 6.3a.Pulpit Rock Mountain Lodge -- 6.3b.Vennesla Library and Cultural Center -- 7.Sweden and Nordic cities of wood -- 7.1.Limnologen -- 8.Germany and the Woodcube -- 8.1.Esmarchstrasse 3 (e 3) -- 8.2.Ilmasi -- 8.3.H4 and H8 -- 9.Austria and advanced timber building -- 9.1.Alpenhotel Ammerwald -- 9.2.LCT ONE -- 9.3.Salzburg University of Applied Sciences Kuchl campus extension
Note continued: 10.Switzerland and Zurich's Muhlebach -- 10.1.Tamedia Headquarters -- 11.North America and traditions replanted -- 11.1.Bullitt Center -- 11.2a.Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability -- 11.2b.Earth Sciences Building -- 11.3.North Vancouver City Hall -- 11.4.BioEnergy Research and Demonstration Facility -- 12.New Zealand, Australia and timber down under -- 12.1.Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Arts Building -- 12.2.Te Ara Hihiko -- 12.3.Forte -- 13.Coming out of the woodwork: codes, cost, and competition.

Summary:

Over the past 10-15 years a renaissance in wood architecture has occurred with the development of new wood building systems and design strategies, elevating wood from a predominantly single-family residential idiom to a rival of concrete and steel construction for a variety of building types, including high rises. This new solid wood architecture offers unparalleled environmental as well as construction and aesthetic benefits, and is of growing importance for professionals and academics involved in green design. Solid Wood provides the first detailed book which allows readers to understand new mass timber/massive wood architecture. It provides: Historical context in wood architecture from around the world. A strong environmental rationale for the use of wood in buildings. Recent developments in contemporary fire safety and structural issues. Insights into building code challenges. Detailed case studies of new large-scale wood building systems on a country-by-country basis. Case studies from the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia highlight design strategies, construction details and unique cultural attitudes in wood design. The case studies include the most ambitious academic, hospitality, industrial, multi-family, and wood office buildings in the world. With discussions from leading architectural, engineering, and material manufacturing firms in Europe, North America and the South Pacific, Solid Wood disrupts preconceived notions and serves as an indispensable guide to twenty-first century wood architecture and its environmental and cultural benefits.

ISBN:

9780415725293 (hb ; alk. paper)
0415725291 (hb ; alk. paper)
9780415725309 (pb ; alk. paper)
0415725305 (pb ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781315742892
9781317587484 (ePub ebook)
9781317587491 (PDF ebook)
9781317587477 (Mobipocket ebook)

Subject:

Building, Wooden Case studies.
Sustainable architecture Case studies.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture and technology History 21st century.
Construction en bois Études de cas.
Architecture durable Études de cas.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture et technologie Histoire 21e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture and technology.
Architecture, Modern.
Building, Wooden.
Sustainable architecture.
Hållbar arkitektur.
Trä byggnadsmaterial.
Arkitektur och teknologi.
Timmer.
Byggnadsteknik.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289347
Call No.: BIB 231712
Status: Available