Plastics : : in Architecture and Construction / / Stephan Engelsmann, Valerie Spalding, Stefan Peters.

Kunststoffe sind hochleistungsfähige Werkstoffe, die seit geraumer Zeit Anwendung in der Architektur finden. Sie faszinieren durch vielfältige technische Eigenschaften. Neben diesen macht ein breites Spektrum an Formgebungs- und Bearbeitungsmethoden das Material interessant für komplexe Geometrien i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
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Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2012]
©2010
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 The development of plastic architecture
  • 2 Material properties of plastics
  • 3 Basics of plastics
  • 4 Plastics and their manufacture
  • 5 Finished and semi-finished products
  • 6 Building with plastics
  • 7 Plastics as building envelope
  • 8 Plastics as building structure
  • 9 Plastics as building structure and envelope
  • 10 Future developments
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • About the authors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Name and building index
  • Subject index
  • Illustration Credits