Transparent Plastics : : Design and Technology / / Simone Jeska.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Jeska, Simone,
• MitwirkendeR: Abb Architects,,; Arconiko,,; Atelier Brückner,,; Atelier Kempe Thill,,; B & K+,,; Ban, Shigeru,; Behnisch, Günter,; Franken, Bernhard,; Giencke, Volker,; Herzog & De Meuron,,; Herzog + Partner,,; Jaschek & Partner,,; Lacaton & Vassal,,; Mario Cucinella Architects,,; Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners,,; Pfeifer.Kuhn,,; Sakula, Ash,; Siegert, D. J.,; Staib Architects,,; Tekuto Architecture Studio,,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Recent years have seen the construction of buildings made of plastic, structures that are as attractive as they are unusual. After initial experiments in the 1970s, plastic is currently experiencing a tremendous boom. Originally used for temporary structures like the BMW Pavilion in Frankfurt, it is...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• A Brief History of Plastic Buildings
• Material and Form – “Form Follows Material?”
• Transparent Plastics between Intellectualisation and Trash Culture
• Exhibition
• BMW Bubble
• EBO Bologna
• »Light Building« Mobile Pavilion
• Cyclebowl
• Residences
• Apartments and Studios in Cologne
• Naked House
• Lucky Drops
• Housing Project in London
• Cité Manifeste
• House And Studio in Almere
• Semi-Detached Houses in Müllheim
• Culture and Sports
• Museum of Paper Art
• Catholic Church of Jesus Christ the King, Radebeul
• DBU Conference and Exhibition Pavilion
• Allianz Arena
• Research
• Gerontology Technology Centre, Bad Tölz
• Rocket Tower
• Festo AG Technology Centre
• Glasshouses, Graz
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments
• Illustration Credits
• Backmatter