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Wood Architecture Now! Vol. 2 Hardcover – Download: Adobe Reader, July 15, 2013
| Philip Jodidio (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
As soon as our earliest ancestors first ventured out of their caves, they turned to wood for their protective structures. The ultimate renewable resource for architecture is also our oldest, rich with the evocation of bygone harmony between human beings and their environment.
For some time pushed to the wayside by steel, concrete, and glass, wood has recently experienced an exciting revival. With the help of computer-driven design and manufacturing techniques, this primary construction material has been rediscovered and reimagined, crafted into geometric marvels, smooth shelters, and light, airy interiors.
From Snøhetta’s Norwegian Wild Reindeer Pavilion, with its CNC-milled timber wall, to beautiful modern homes in Japan, from urban centers to wild and unforgiving landscapes, see how this ancient building matter has come to construct some of the most innovative and contemporary buildings of today.
- Print length416 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTASCHEN
- Publication dateJuly 15, 2013
- Dimensions11.41 x 8.23 x 1.43 inches
- ISBN-109783836535939
- ISBN-13978-3836535939
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- ASIN : 3836535939
- Publisher : TASCHEN; Multilingual edition (July 15, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9783836535939
- ISBN-13 : 978-3836535939
- Item Weight : 4.81 pounds
- Dimensions : 11.41 x 8.23 x 1.43 inches
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Philip Jodidio, born in New Jersey in 1954 graduated from Harvard where he studied the history of art and economics. He was the Editor in Chief of the widest circulation French art magazine Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002. He is the author of more than 150 books, mainly about contemporary architecture. He has published monographs on Richard Meier, Norman Foster, Santiago Calatrava, Alvaro Siza, Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel and Shigeru Ban. He has also worked with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture on books concerning the heritage of the Muslim world.
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The ideas inside this book are fantastic, if only timber prices where cheaper in the UK or clients had some balls to trust designers and go with proper hard wood timber. It's the most versatile product on the planet and it's a shame that the UK is so far behind in what we use Wood for.




