Materials

A handbook that is suitable for quick, goal-oriented reading and implementation. It features case study projects that exemplify common norm details using large-scale drawings. It also includes the fundamentals of planning load-bearing structures that provide design and planning help.

Architecture is defined by its materials and surfaces. Not infrequently, it is their look and feel that determine whether a project succeeds or fails. This book provides detailed and specific information on the use of appropriate materials in interior design.

Plastics: In Architecture and Construction.

Wonder Wood: A Favorite Material for Design, Architecture and Art.

It makes the link between architecture as a design task and a building biology approach to design. Using the building of the Institute of Building Biology + Sustainability (IBN) as a model, building biology criteria and approaches are explained in detail.

Combines highlights from Detail and DETAILgreen on the topic of 'Glass, Transparency and Translucence'. Starting with fundamental questions, this book offers a theoretical basis, details on many practically implemented projects, and plenty of inspiration and examples of successful structural solutions.

Concrete is enjoying enormous popularity with planners and builders thanks to the vast potential inherent in its load-bearing capacity and its diverse properties and surface characteristics. This publication focuses on the design and construction of concrete load-bearing structures, and also on concrete's material characteristics.